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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston and its |
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employees have generously supported the students of the Clear Creek |
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Independent School District over the 2006-2007 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, Clear Creek ISD participates in Project Lead The |
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Way, a national program designed to foster student interest in |
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science and engineering by providing hands-on experience with |
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real-world projects; the resources and guidance provided by Johnson |
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Space Center employees and executives in implementing this program |
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at Clear Creek and Clear Lake High Schools helped both schools |
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receive national certification, and Clear Creek High School's PLTW |
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was cited as a model program; and |
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WHEREAS, NASA's own HUNCH program, which stands for High |
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School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware, involves |
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middle and high school students in the construction of space-flight |
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equipment; with the support of volunteers from NASA, Clear Creek |
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High School students have built flight hardware that will be flown |
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on the space shuttle; and |
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WHEREAS, As part of the HUNCH program, NASA has also donated |
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equipment that CCISD students have used to manufacture 30 rack |
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power smoke indicator units, 38 internal vehicular activity hand |
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rails, and four treadmill vibration isolation system rope |
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assemblies; and |
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WHEREAS, NASA and its Johnson Space Center employees have |
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donated time and equipment that has allowed students of CCISD to |
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have a close-up experience of both the excitement and the |
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discipline of science and engineering, and this remarkable |
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contribution has helped to encourage a new generation of Texan |
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scientists and engineers; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend NASA and the employees of the Johnson |
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Space Center for donating their time, expertise, and equipment to |
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the students of Clear Creek Independent School District and extend |
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best wishes to the staff of the Johnson Space Center for their |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Johnson Space Center as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Taylor |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1880 was adopted by the House on May |
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10, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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