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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Isabel Anaya, an outstanding fifth grade teacher at |
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Kuentz Elementary School in the Northside Independent School |
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District, has been selected as a 2013 Campus Super Educator of the |
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Year and the district's nominee for the 2013 Trinity Prize for |
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Excellence in Teaching Award; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Anaya joined the faculty of Kuentz Elementary in |
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2010 and has been with Northside ISD for 12 years; she strives to |
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foster an inclusive and positive environment in which all of her |
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students feel valued and empowered; employing technology and |
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creativity in her classroom, her lesson plans reach out to each type |
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of young learner in a fun, yet challenging, manner; her exemplary |
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work was previously acknowledged with the 2008 H-E-B Excellence in |
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Education Award; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ms. |
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Anaya hosts many after-school activities such as Young Astronauts, |
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Solar Cars, Yearbook, Chess Club, and Eco-Friends; under her |
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leadership, Eco-Friends has organized recycling efforts at various |
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local events and won $31,000 from the PepsiCo Dream Machine Recycle |
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Rally for green improvements to the campus as well as $600 from |
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DonorsChoose.org and the Disney Planet Challenge to enrich the |
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school garden; other endeavors that have benefited from her |
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involvement outside the classroom include science, math and |
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literacy family nights, pep rallies, father-daughter dances, and |
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visits to The University of Texas at San Antonio through the UTSA |
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Dreamrunners program; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic educator has ably served the district |
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as a team leader, Northside Communication Network representative, |
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PTA chair, and member of the SAT and Parent Involvement Committees; |
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further sharing her expertise with others, she teaches courses at |
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Super Saturdays, Camp Tech, and the New Teacher Academy and |
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Elementary Institute, and she has mentored student teachers from |
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UTSA; to continue developing her own skills, she participated in |
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the Teaching American History grant program and has attended |
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conferences on a variety of teaching methods; and |
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WHEREAS, Teachers play a vital role in preparing young Texans |
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for the challenges and opportunities of the future, and Isabel |
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Anaya excels in meeting that goal while working to instill in her |
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students a love of learning that will serve them well in every |
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aspect of their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Isabel Anaya on her selection as a |
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2013 Campus Super Educator and the 2013 Trinity Prize for |
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Excellence in Teaching Award nominee from Northside ISD and extend |
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to her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Anaya as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |