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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The academic decathlon team from Dulles High School |
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in Sugar Land enjoyed great success during the 2019 United States |
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Academic Decathlon Nationals competition in Bloomington, |
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Minnesota, April 25-27; and |
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WHEREAS, The academic decathlon program provides high school |
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students with the opportunity to participate in rigorous |
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competition and demonstrate their abilities in team activities that |
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encompass disciplines such as math, science, language, art, music, |
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economics, social science, speech, essay, and interview; and |
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WHEREAS, The Dulles team excelled at the national meet, |
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finishing as the third place Overall Team and second place Division |
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I Team with 50,443.8 points; the Vikings also took home the silver |
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in the Super Quiz category, and they received the title of Division |
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I Rookie of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, A number of Dulles students earned individual |
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accolades, including most valuable team member Ali Abi Nassif, who |
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won second place Varsity in Interview and third place Varsity in |
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Math, and highest-scoring team member Simon Sanchez-Paiva, who won |
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third place Overall Scholastic, first place Scholastic in Music, |
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Social Science, Literature, and Art, second place Scholastic in |
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Economics and Science, and third place Scholastic in Math; many |
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other members of the roster also earned awards, including: Lana |
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Haffar, second place Honors in Arts and Social Science; Logan |
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House, second place Varsity in Math and third place Varsity in Music |
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and Art; Ethan Sollenberger, first place Scholastic in Math, second |
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place Scholastic in Music, and third place Scholastic in Essay; |
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Davis Varghese, third place Overall Varsity, first place Varsity in |
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Math and Music, and second place Varsity in Economics, Social |
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Science, and Science; Robert Yang, first place Honors in Math and |
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Literature and third place Honors in Social Science; Sophie Yangyi, |
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first place Honors in Arts, second place Honors in Economics and |
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Social Science, and third place Honors in Music and Literature; and |
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Olivia Jackson, third place Scholastic in Math, Literature, and |
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Literature in Art; and |
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WHEREAS, These outstanding young Texans have demonstrated |
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great skill, knowledge, and dedication, and with their fine showing |
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during the 2019 USAD national contest, they have brought tremendous |
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pride to their school and community; 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 the Dulles High School academic |
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decathlon team on a successful showing at the 2019 USAD Nationals |
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competition and extend to its members and coaches sincere best |
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wishes 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 the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |