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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mikey Feliberti has shown great initiative and |
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school spirit by serving on the student council for Treetops |
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Intermediate School in Euless; and |
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WHEREAS, The fifth- and sixth-grade students who serve on the |
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council devote several hours each month to important projects that |
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help their schoolmates and other residents of their community; with |
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the assistance of council advisor Marci Clanton-Meyer and Treetops |
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director Lou Blanchard, these responsible young Texans are doing |
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their part to improve the world around them while learning |
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important lessons about civic involvement; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the Treetops Intermediate School Student |
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Council for two years, Mr. Feliberti serves as the group's |
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historian and is responsible for recording the events of the |
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council and keeping its bulletin board updated; he has participated |
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in a variety of council projects, including a literacy program to |
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assist younger students and a group effort to adopt a nursing home, |
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and he has led campus tours for visitors and welcomed new students |
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to Treetops; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving as one of the planners for Red Ribbon Week, |
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he helped organize events to teach students about the dangers of |
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drugs and alcohol; in addition, he contributed to a mural that |
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illustrates the "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, |
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Jr., and performed volunteer work at the Gospel Union Mission; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Feliberti has also been involved in council |
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activities that support the U.S. troops serving overseas, including |
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Operation Valentine and Flags Across America; for these projects, |
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he created valentine cards and hand-drawn flags that contained |
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messages for active-duty military personnel; moreover, he was |
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involved in the Veterans Day project that recognized family members |
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for their military service by including their names on a wall of |
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honor in the classroom, and he was part of a welcome party for |
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returning soldiers at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; |
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in completing all of these important projects, he has logged more |
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than 35 hours of work as a student council volunteer; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to bettering his school and community, |
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Mikey Feliberti has played an important role in student council |
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activities, and his dedication and hard work indeed merit special |
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recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Mikey Feliberti for his service on the |
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Treetops Intermediate School Student Council and extend to him best |
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wishes for continued achievement as a student and citizen; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Feliberti as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |