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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dorothy Louise Stewart is retiring from Christene C. |
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Moss Elementary School in Fort Worth on June 7, 2011, drawing to a |
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close a notable 55-year career as an educator; and |
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WHEREAS, A Fort Worth native, Ms. Stewart grew up on Baptist |
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Hill in the city's east side and attended George Washington Carver |
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Elementary School, where she would later complete her student |
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teaching; after graduating from Terrell High School in 1951, she |
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attended Prairie View A&M University, earning her bachelor's and |
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master's degrees in education; she went on to pursue art education |
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studies at the University of North Texas and doctoral studies at the |
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University of Colorado at Boulder; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Stewart worked with the Dallas Independent |
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School District for one year before joining the Fort Worth ISD; |
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through the decades, she has taught at a number of institutions, |
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including Guinn, Moore, and Eastland Elementary Schools, and she |
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has earned the admiration of students, parents, and fellow teachers |
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alike for her caring, dedicated manner; today, she is the |
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longest-tenured teacher in the district; and |
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WHEREAS, Also active in her community of faith, Ms. Stewart |
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is a valued member of Carter Metropolitan CME Church, where she was |
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honored by the congregation as Woman of the Year in 2009; she |
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further contributes her expertise to benefit others as president of |
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the Maids and Matrons charitable organization; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for her unwavering commitment to her students, |
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Dorothy Stewart has touched the lives of countless youth, and she |
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may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent; 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 Dorothy Louise Stewart on her |
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outstanding career as an educator with the Fort Worth Independent |
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School District and extend to her sincere best wishes for a very |
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happy and rewarding retirement; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Stewart as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |