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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, MacArthur Senior High School of the Aldine |
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Independent School District in Houston is holding its commencement |
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ceremony on June 6, 2009, and this occasion provides a fitting |
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opportunity to recognize four exceptional graduating seniors; and |
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WHEREAS, Graduating magna cum laude, Alejandra Garcia is a |
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member of the National Honor Society and the Science National Honor |
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Society, and she has served her fellow students through peer |
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mentoring and mediation; she has earned the Houston Livestock Show |
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and Rodeo Metropolitan Scholarship, the Longhorn Presidential |
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Scholarship, and a Texas Student Housing Scholarship, awards |
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totaling nearly $30,000; and |
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WHEREAS, Cinthia Garcia is one of only 5,000 students to be |
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named a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar; she is ranked second |
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in her class, and her exceptional academic record has earned her a |
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full scholarship to Johns Hopkins University; and |
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WHEREAS, Claudia Pineda has earned a full scholarship to the |
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University of New Mexico; a magna cum laude graduate, she has been |
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accepted into the National Honor Society and National Technical |
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Honor Society and she has been active in the drama club and the |
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Business Professionals of America; and |
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WHEREAS, Ranked fourth in her class, Falon Shackelford is a |
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National Achievement Scholar, an honor bestowed on fewer than 5,000 |
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students out of 150,000 entrants; she has earned a full scholarship |
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to Howard University; and |
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WHEREAS, These outstanding young Texans have demonstrated |
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exceptional intellect, initiative, and maturity in pursuing their |
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goals, and they are truly well prepared to face the challenges and |
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opportunities that lie ahead; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Alejandra Garcia, Cinthia Garcia, Claudia |
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Pineda, and Falon Shackelford for their academic achievements and |
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extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the students as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Walle |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3129 was adopted by the House on June |
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1, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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