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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Anna Matheny is retiring from the Grace Academy of |
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Dallas at the end of the 2014-2015 school year, drawing to a close a |
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notable career in education that has spanned nearly half a century; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Matheny earned a bachelor's degree from the |
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University of Miami and began teaching in 1968 with Miami-Dade |
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County Public Schools; she worked there for several years and was |
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later employed at Canyon Creek Christian Academy and the Graham |
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Cracker Express Weekday School in Richardson; and |
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WHEREAS, This accomplished educator joined the faculty at |
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Grace Academy of Dallas as a first-grade teacher in 1988, and over |
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the course of her tenure, she has demonstrated a strong commitment |
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to academic excellence and a willingness to become actively |
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involved in the lives of her students; Ms. Matheny frequently |
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attends the children's extracurricular activities and other |
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important events, even after they leave her classroom and move |
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forward with their lives; moreover, she has enjoyed staying in |
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touch with many of her former pupils and delighting in their |
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successes; and |
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WHEREAS, Respected within her profession, Ms. Matheny was |
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nominated by her peers for the Association of Christian Schools |
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International's Career Service and Achievement Award, in |
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recognition of her many years of dedicated work; and |
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WHEREAS, A caring and compassionate woman, Anna Matheny has |
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made a positive difference in the lives of countless young Texans |
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throughout her 47 years as a teacher, and she may reflect with great |
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pride on her accomplishments as she embarks on the next exciting |
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chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Anna Matheny on her retirement from |
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the Grace Academy of Dallas and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Matheny as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Villalba |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1894 was adopted by the House on May |
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7, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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