Full Text of HR1387 94th General Assembly
HR1387 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Individuals who devote their careers to the | 3 |
| education of our children are worthy of our greatest respect | 4 |
| and esteem; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Marietta Skyles | 6 |
| Beverly is retiring after a long career with the Chicago Public | 7 |
| Schools; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Beverly is a native of Chicago and a product | 9 |
| of the Chicago Public Schools; she is a graduate of the | 10 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor of Science in | 11 |
| Elementary Education and Chicago State University with a | 12 |
| masters degree in teaching socially disadvantaged children; | 13 |
| she has completed advanced graduate work in guidance and | 14 |
| counseling and administration and supervision; and
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| WHEREAS, In her professional life, she has worked as a | 16 |
| teacher and a guidance counselor; in January of 1989, Ms. | 17 |
| Beverly became Principal of Michele Clark Middle School; during | 18 |
| her tenure as principal, she was instrumental in improving the | 19 |
| learning climate at the school and students moved from 9.7% | 20 |
| achieving at and above grade level to over 32.1% when she left | 21 |
| in 2001; she restructured the educational program, returning | 22 |
| Clark Middle to a true middle school, living up to its | 23 |
| reputation as the "Jewel of the West Side"; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, In 2001, she was promoted to Region Education | 25 |
| Officer for the Chicago Board of Education's 91 schools in | 26 |
| Region 3; in 2002, she was appointed Area Instruction Officer | 27 |
| for Area 9 of Chicago's 24 instructional areas; she has also | 28 |
| served as an adjunct professor at DePaul University, teaching | 29 |
| the philosophy and psychology of middle level education; and
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| WHEREAS, She has been recognized for her work with the |
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| "Educator of the Year" Award in 1991 from the Northeastern | 2 |
| University Branch of Phi Delta Kappa; the Principal of | 3 |
| Excellence Award from the General Superintendent of the Chicago | 4 |
| Public Schools in 1993, 1994, and 1995; the 1998 Outstanding | 5 |
| Principal School Leadership Award from the Chicago Principals | 6 |
| and Administrators Association and the Chicago Public Schools; | 7 |
| the Austin Civic Award for Educational Leader from the Austin | 8 |
| News in 1999; and the Outstanding Service Award from the 100 | 9 |
| Black Men of Chicago in 2000; she was honored by her faculty | 10 |
| and staff in 1999 with the "Simply The Best Award"; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Beverly has served in numerous professional | 12 |
| and civic organizations; she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta | 13 |
| Sorority and St. James Lutheran Church, which was founded by | 14 |
| her pioneer father, the Rev. Robbin W. Skyles III, where she is | 15 |
| the church soloist, choir director, and a former 12-year Church | 16 |
| Council member; and
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| WHEREAS, She is especially proud of her daughters, Kathryn, | 18 |
| a graduate of George Washington University in
Washington, D.C., | 19 |
| and the University of Virginia School of Law, and Susan, a | 20 |
| graduate of Howard
University in Washington, D.C.; therefore, | 21 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we congratulate Ms. Marietta Skyles Beverly on the occasion of | 25 |
| her retirement, and we thank her for a job well done; and be it | 26 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem and | 29 |
| with our gratitude for her service to the children of Illinois.
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