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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lorene Wallace, a teacher at Bryker Woods Elementary |
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School in the Austin Independent School District, has been |
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nominated for the 2010 Presidential Award for Excellence in |
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Mathematics and Science Teaching; and |
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WHEREAS, The nation's most prestigious honor for |
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kindergarten through 12th-grade math and science educators, this |
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accolade recognizes exceptional instructors for their |
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contributions in the classroom and for their ability to help |
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students succeed; Ms. Wallace, a first-grade teacher, is one of |
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three state finalists in the category of elementary mathematics; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Salina, Kansas, Lorene Wallace earned a |
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bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of |
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Nebraska--Lincoln and a master of business administration degree |
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from The University of Texas at Austin; she worked with Motorola in |
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Austin and Washington, D.C., and then returned to Austin, where she |
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spent five years as a stay-at-home mom; in time, she began |
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substitute teaching at her children's elementary school and also |
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teaching business classes at Austin Community College; and |
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WHEREAS, Having discovered a new vocation, Ms. Wallace |
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completed the Region XIII Educator Certification Program and began |
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her second career in 2004, teaching kindergarten at Becker |
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Elementary; she joined Bryker Woods Elementary in 2005, and in 2010 |
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she was named its Teacher of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, Ms. Wallace enjoys the love |
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and support of her husband, Timothy Pellowski, whom she met on July |
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4, 1986, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol; they are the proud |
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parents of two sons, Aaron and Braden; and |
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WHEREAS, Lorene Wallace has demonstrated the skill, |
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knowledge, and enthusiasm that are the hallmarks of our best |
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teachers, and she is inspiring a love of learning in her students |
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while giving them a strong foundation on which to build; 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 congratulate Lorene Wallace on being nominated |
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for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and |
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Science Teaching and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Wallace as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Gutierrez |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1787 was adopted by the House on May |
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19, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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