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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Marty Wheeler of Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary |
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School received the 2007-2008 Diane Hendry Award for Excellence in |
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School Nursing from the Katy Independent School District; and |
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WHEREAS, The Diane Hendry award was established in the spring |
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of 2007 to honor the memory of an outstanding KISD nurse and to |
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recognize excellence in nursing practice, clinical expertise, |
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community service, volunteerism, and the promotion of health and |
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wellness; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Wheeler began her career with Katy ISD in 1988, |
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serving for 16 years as the nurse at Memorial Parkway Elementary |
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School, before helping to open Rylander Elementary in 2004; in |
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addition to treating medical problems and ensuring immunizations |
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are kept current, she has distinguished herself through her efforts |
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to promote safety, which include developing playground rules that |
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have reduced accidents and devising classroom lessons on such |
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topics as CPR and germs; she helps plan for dangerous weather, |
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disasters, and other contingencies in her role as chair of the |
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school's safety committee, and she is involved in carrying out the |
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KISD Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program; and |
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WHEREAS, Known as a compassionate child advocate, Ms. Wheeler |
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collaborates with parents and teachers to address medical and |
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psychological issues, and she works on a team with the school |
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counselor to advise students; she has also demonstrated leadership |
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in the district's efforts to computerize student health records; a |
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mother of three, Ms. Wheeler contributes to the welfare of her |
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community as a volunteer for the Red Cross; and |
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WHEREAS, This skilled and caring medical professional has |
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demonstrated exceptional dedication to the health and safety of |
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Rylander Elementary School students, and it is indeed a pleasure to |
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recognize her many outstanding accomplishments; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Marty Wheeler on her receipt of the |
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Katy Independent School District 2007-2008 Diane Hendry Award for |
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Excellence in School Nursing and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for 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 Ms. Wheeler as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |