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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Tiffiani Neuville 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, Ms. Neuville serves as the council |
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president; she is responsible for planning meetings and activities, |
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acts as the liaison between the advisor and the council, and has |
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helped organize the school's spirit dress-up days; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Neuville has participated in a variety of |
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council projects, including a literacy program to assist younger |
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students and a group effort to adopt a nursing home, and she has led |
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campus tours for visitors and welcomed new students to Treetops; |
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serving as one of the planners for Red Ribbon Week, she helped |
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organize events to teach students about the dangers of drugs and |
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alcohol; in addition, she contributed to a mural that illustrates |
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the "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and |
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performed volunteer work at the Gospel Union Mission; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Neuville 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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she created valentine cards and hand-drawn flags that contained |
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messages for active-duty military personnel; moreover, she 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 she 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, she has logged more |
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than 50 hours of work as a student council volunteer; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to bettering her school and community, |
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Tiffiani Neuville has played an important role in student council |
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activities, and her 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 Tiffiani Neuville for her service on the |
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Treetops Intermediate School Student Council and extend to her 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 Ms. Neuville as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |