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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The students, faculty, and staff of Alpha Omega |
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Academy in Huntsville are celebrating the school's 20th anniversary |
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and the graduation of its 16th class of seniors in 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Alpha Omega Academy was established by a group of |
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families in Huntsville who envisioned a Christ-centered school with |
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a classical approach to education; in addition to integrating |
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scripture into its curriculum, Alpha Omega Academy seeks to instill |
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in pupils a lifelong dedication to the pursuit of truth, moral |
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goodness, and aesthetic beauty and to enable them to reason |
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persuasively and to think critically, logically, and wisely; the |
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school also offers a strong program of athletics and |
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extracurricular activities to develop well-rounded students; and |
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WHEREAS, The school first opened its doors in the fall of |
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1997, welcoming 27 students in first through eighth grade; classes |
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were initially held in a strip mall on Lake Road and in a local |
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church; outgrowing its first locations within a few years, the |
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school began leasing space from the Fellowship of Huntsville Church |
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on Highway 30 West, and it soon purchased five adjacent acres on |
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which it established its own campus; and |
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WHEREAS, The first group of three Alpha Omega seniors |
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graduated in 2002, and more than 200 students have completed the |
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program in the years since; still led by its original headmaster, |
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Paul Davidhizar, the school currently serves 411 students in |
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kindergarten through 12th grade, and it will grant diplomas to |
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another 27 graduates in May 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, In the course of its 20-year history, Alpha Omega |
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has been home to a National Merit Scholar and several National Merit |
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Commended Students; the grammar and junior high levels have fielded |
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competitive teams at the ACSI Math Olympics and at spelling bees and |
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speech meets; the drama department has participated in one-act play |
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competitions, and individual students have placed first or second |
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in state in solo and duet acting; moreover, music and art students |
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have earned superior ratings in solo and ensemble contests and art |
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competitions; the baseball team won the TAPPS 1A state championship |
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several years in a row, and the school's golf team was the state |
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champion for the fifth time in the spring of 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, For the past two decades, Alpha Omega Academy has |
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given many young Texans a strong academic foundation on which to |
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build, and the school is indeed deserving of recognition on this |
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important milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Alpha Omega Academy on the occasion of its |
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20th anniversary and congratulate the members of the school's Class |
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of 2017 on their graduation; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the academy as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |