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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Sandra F. Lewis
4on the occasion of her retirement as Principal of Harold
5Washington Elementary School in Chicago; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis attended Chicago Public Schools;
7she subsequently earned her bachelor's degree from Chicago
8State University in 1967, her master's degree from Governors
9State University in 1976, and her Ed.D. from Roosevelt
10University in 1995; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis began her educational career as a
12teacher at Burnside School in 1967, where she remained until
131975; in 1976, she began working as a teacher at Harold
14Washington Elementary School (HWES); she later served as
15Assistant Principal and Counselor at HWES before becoming the
16school's principal in 1989; she also served as an adjunct
17professor at Roosevelt University in 1996, a probation manager
18from 1997 to 1999, and as a Launch Mentor from 1998 to 1999;
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, During her tenure as Principal of Harold
21Washington Elementary School, Dr. Sandra Lewis created
22numerous initiatives to improve the school's educational

 

 

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1opportunities; she was instrumental in the creation of the
2school's "Structured Curriculum" and the school store, where
3students can purchase school supplies, school uniforms, ties,
4gifts, and other Afro-Centric Artifacts; under her guidance,
5HWES has been recognized as a technological site by the Chicago
6Public School System, with multiple computers in every
7classroom; she also helped to created the school's Afro-Centric
8Curriculum, a school environment where the artifacts,
9pictures, and location names reflect the history and culture of
10people the students can identify with, and the school's "Early
11Intervention System", which combats student learning problems
12with small class sizes; the Early Intervention System increased
13the number of HWES students reading at or above grade level
14from 11% in 1989 to approximately 60% in 1994; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis is a member of the Chicago
16Alliance of Black School Educators, Whitman Academy, and the
17Chicago Principal's Association; she is also a board member
18with Teachers for Chicago; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis has been the recipient of
20numerous awards and accolades for her work, including Project
21Canal's Outstanding Leadership Award (1992, 1993, 1994), the
22Whitman Award for Outstanding Leadership (1991), the Chicago
23Public School Award for Outstanding Leadership, the Chicago
24Alliance of Black School Educators Award for Dedicated Service

 

 

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1(1990), the Harold Washington Parent Award for Leadership
2(1991, 1995, 1996), the Community Linkage Award (1990), the
3First Annual "ICONS" Award from the International Council on
4Nutrition Solutions (1997), the Kizzy Award (1998), the Build
5Your Life Social Development award (1999), and the Educator of
6the Year award from One Church, One School (2000); and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis serves as a model of hard work,
8integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
9Illinois; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12we congratulate Dr. Sandra F. Lewis on the occasion of her
13retirement and wish her many happy and healthy retirement
14years; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Dr. Sandra Lewis as a symbol of our esteem and
17respect.