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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Candace Printz, an art teacher at El Dorado High |
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School in El Paso, has been named a 2019 Environmental Educator of |
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the Year by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Printz received this notable accolade, which |
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comes with a $2,500 grant, in honor of her outstanding conservation |
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efforts; in 2015, she led students at El Dorado High in collecting |
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trash in the El Paso desert and using it to create works of art; |
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called the It's Your World Project, this initiative has since grown |
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to include an international traveling exhibition, an annual |
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region-wide recycled art contest, and numerous public workshops on |
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the benefits of recycling; moreover, it supplies local artists with |
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reclaimed materials to use in their own work; and |
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WHEREAS, The success of the program led Ms. Printz to design |
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courses at El Dorado High devoted to teaching environmentalism |
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through the arts and to establish a nonprofit called the Green Hope |
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Project; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Printz was previously named a finalist for the |
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H-E-B Excellence in Education Award in the Leadership Secondary |
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category, and she won a national contest sponsored by Barnes & |
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Noble; she holds a bachelor's degree in art from The University of |
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Texas at El Paso and a master's degree in art education from Texas |
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Tech University; and |
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WHEREAS, By encouraging her students and other El Paso |
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residents to preserve and protect their environment, Candace Printz |
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is helping to ensure the continued health and vitality of the Lone |
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Star State's natural resources, and she is indeed deserving of this |
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most recent award; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Candace Printz on her selection as |
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a 2019 Environmental Educator of the Year by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success with her important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Printz as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |