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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Students from Goose Creek Consolidated Independent |
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School District took home multiple awards from the National History |
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Day contest, held in College Park, Maryland, June 12-16, 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, Continuing the district's long tradition of success |
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in the competition, Benjamin Warford-Johnston of Gentry Junior High |
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School won first place in the junior division individual paper |
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category with his historical paper titled "American Colonial |
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Committees of Correspondence: Encountering Oppression, Exploring |
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Unity, and Exchanging Visions of the Future"; and |
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WHEREAS, Danielle Garcia and Priscilla Garcia, students at |
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Ross S. Sterling High School, placed second in the nation for their |
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senior group exhibit, "WWII Women Air Force Service Pilots: |
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Exchanging Traditional Roles, Exploring Military Aviation and |
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Encountering Discrimination"; their exhibit was also selected by |
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Texas History Day coordinators to be displayed at the American |
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History Museum in Washington, D. C.; and |
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WHEREAS, Tomas de la Rosa of Ross S. Sterling High earned |
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third place for his senior historical paper, "An Alien Race That |
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Should be Segregated Socially: Mendez v. Westminster," and two |
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other Sterling students, Kyleigh Fanning and Matthew Broussard, |
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received the George Washington Leadership in History Award for |
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their senior group documentary, From Confederation to Nation; |
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moreover, the Legacy Award for outstanding past and present |
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accomplishments in the competition was given to Mr. Broussard, who |
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won individual performance first-place prizes at National History |
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Day in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Havi Nguyen of Ross S. Sterling also made an |
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impressive showing in the senior individual exhibit category, |
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further adding to Goose Creek CISD students' many achievements at |
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the event; and |
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WHEREAS, These talented young men and women demonstrated |
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outstanding intelligence and resourcefulness with their stellar |
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performance at National History Day, and they have brought |
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tremendous pride to their families, to their schools, and to the |
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State of Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Benjamin Warford-Johnston, |
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Danielle Garcia, Priscilla Garcia, Tomas de la Rosa, Kyleigh |
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Fanning, Matthew Broussard, and Havi Nguyen on their superb efforts |
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at the 2016 National History Day competition and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for the students as an expression of high regard by the Texas House |
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of Representatives. |