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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Students at Grandview Hills Elementary School in |
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Austin participated in the Pennies for Peace charitable initiative |
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from February 14 through March 4, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Pennies for Peace is an international |
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service-learning program that gives children in impoverished |
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countries access to education while helping students in the U.S. |
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and other developed nations to become more engaged global citizens; |
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by collecting pennies for children their age in Pakistan and |
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Afghanistan, students learn the rewards of sharing and working |
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together to bring hope and educational opportunities to young |
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people in other parts of the world; and |
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WHEREAS, Grandview Hills Elementary first took part in the |
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Pennies for Peace campaign in the spring of 2009, raising more than |
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$1,000 in pennies; the donation paid for an area teacher's salary |
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for one year, as well as for five students' school supplies, a |
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scholarship, two sewing machines and materials, and more than 400 |
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pencils; kindergarteners through fifth-grade students saved spare |
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change and held bake sales to raise funds; and |
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WHEREAS, Ably led by principal Brenda Cruz, Grandview Hills |
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further prepares its students for today's global society by |
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offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, |
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and it is the first elementary school in the Leander Independent |
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School District to do so; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their involvement in Pennies for Peace, |
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Grandview Hills students are gaining a greater understanding of |
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other cultures and economic disparities around the world, and they |
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are helping to make a difference in many young lives; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the students of Grandview Hills Elementary |
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School for their participation in the Pennies for Peace initiative |
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and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Howard of Travis |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1370 was adopted by the House on April |
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28, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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