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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kivani Ailene Sanchez of Veterans Memorial High |
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School in Mission has been named a Youth of the Year in the Head of |
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the Class Program overseen by the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the |
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U.S. Border Patrol; and |
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WHEREAS, The Head of the Class Program recognizes outstanding |
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seniors at 57 high schools in the Rio Grande Valley every month; |
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just three students are chosen as Youths of the Year annually; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Jose and Leticia Sanchez, Ms. |
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Sanchez has demonstrated exceptional initiative throughout her |
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high school career; an AP Scholar and president of the National |
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Honor Society, she is currently ranked first in her graduating |
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class; she also serves as vice president of Health Occupations |
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Students of America and volunteers every week at the Palm Valley |
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Animal Center; in addition, she has distinguished herself through |
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her participation in choir and the swim team, through which she won |
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a district championship; after graduation, she plans on attending |
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college to study chemical engineering and biomedical sciences; and |
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WHEREAS, Kivani Sanchez can reflect with pride on her |
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academic record, extracurricular achievements, and contributions |
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to her community, and she may indeed look with anticipation toward a |
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promising future; 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 Kivani Ailene Sanchez on her |
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selection as a 2013 Youth of the Year by the U.S. Border Patrol and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Sanchez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |