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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Evie Dorsey is retiring from St. Alcuin Montessori |
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School in Dallas at the end of the 2012-2013 school year, concluding |
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a long and distinguished career in education; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Southern Methodist University, |
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Ms. Dorsey earned her bachelor's degree in fine arts and showed |
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great talent in acting, singing, and dancing; she found a mentor in |
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screen star Greer Garson, but ultimately decided to devote herself |
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to the teaching profession; in 1971, she joined St. Alcuin as an |
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assistant to Sally Dorn, one of the city's pioneers in Montessori |
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instruction; Ms. Dorsey completed a year of Association Montessori |
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Internationale training in Mexico and was part of the team that |
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pitched in to make the school a success in its early days; she was |
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later instrumental in organizing its middle school; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Dorsey moved in 1992 to Big Bend, where she ran a |
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Montessori school, and she subsequently lived in Hawaii before |
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returning to St. Alcuin in 2003; a gifted elementary teacher, she |
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has demonstrated exceptional kindness, creativity, and patience in |
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the classroom, and she has instilled in her students a love of |
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learning that will serve them well in the years to come; and |
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WHEREAS, Students from St. Alcuin shared the following |
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thoughts about their beloved teacher: "Ms. Evie is creative, smart, |
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and very stylish. She is the best teacher I've ever had." - Sofi |
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Anchia; "She's helpful and patient with you if you need to do |
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something." - Ryan Saqueton; "Ms. Evie taught me a lot and I think |
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it's going to help me in fourth grade. She set a path for me to walk |
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on and has helped me reach my goals." - Kiara Pellicane-Hart; "She's |
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friendly and she wants us to be prepared when we move on." - |
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Michelle Mijares; "She makes learning fun." - Zach d'Etienne; |
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"She's the nicest of nicest, the sweetest of sweetest, and the |
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bestest of bestest. I feel like a flower blooming. She's taught me |
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all the possibilities in the life to move on and live." - Vivian |
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LaMure; "I like Ms. Dorsey because she's always really nice and |
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helpful." - Creighton Pierson; "She helps me a lot with my third |
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year research." - Thomas Karlseng; "Ms. Dorsey is always a nice |
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person. She's taught me to be courteous to everyone and she's always |
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been a good teacher." - Ayhaan Jiwani; "She's nice and awesome." - |
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Spencer Burke; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her outstanding contributions as an |
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educator, Evie Dorsey has made a positive difference in the lives of |
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innumerable young Texans, providing them with a strong foundation |
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on which to build; 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 Evie Dorsey on her retirement from |
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St. Alcuin Montessori School and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued 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. Dorsey as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |