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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ulrich Intermediate School in Klein has been named |
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the winner of the 2017 Great Reading Games, an annual competition |
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sponsored by Learning Ally; and |
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WHEREAS, Learning Ally is a nonprofit organization that |
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provides educational materials for students with print |
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disabilities, including dyslexia, blindness, and visual |
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impairment, at approximately 10,000 schools; the Great Reading |
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Games contest is designed to motivate these students to spend more |
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time reading and to engage with texts above their grade level, and |
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during this year's competition, participants completed more than |
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five million pages total; and |
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WHEREAS, Ulrich Intermediate beat out schools from across the |
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country to capture first place in the 2017 Great Reading Games; all |
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of the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders involved in the school's |
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Learning Ally program took part in the challenge, earning a winning |
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score of 1,580,614; and |
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WHEREAS, With their fine performance in the Great Reading |
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Games, these outstanding young Texans have brought credit to their |
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school, and they may take justifiable pride in the considerable |
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skill and perseverance they have demonstrated; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Ulrich Intermediate School on |
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achieving first place in the 2017 Learning Ally Great Reading Games |
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and extend to all those who took part in the competition sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |