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HR0706 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the teachers, educators, | ||||||
| 4 | students, and parents of Ebinger Elementary School on its | ||||||
| 5 | 100th anniversary; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, In 1926, the Ebinger Elementary School opened to | ||||||
| 7 | serve young people in the Edison Park neighborhood of Chicago; | ||||||
| 8 | and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Within the Chicago Public School System, Ebinger | ||||||
| 10 | Elementary School has been a neighborhood school throughout | ||||||
| 11 | its existence; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, In addition to its neighborhood responsibilities | ||||||
| 13 | to local students and their families, Ebinger Elementary | ||||||
| 14 | School is also designated as the home of a Fine and Performing | ||||||
| 15 | Arts Magnet Cluster Program; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Ebinger Elementary School's teachers and | ||||||
| 17 | personnel have faced many challenges over the years, beginning | ||||||
| 18 | with the "scrip pay crisis" of 1932-1933 when the Great | ||||||
| 19 | Depression made it difficult for Chicago schoolteachers to be | ||||||
| 20 | paid by paychecks or in cash; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Ebinger Elementary School's community | ||||||
| 2 | remembers one of its key leaders, Frances Pietch, a lifelong | ||||||
| 3 | educator who served as its principal for 19 years from 1969 | ||||||
| 4 | until 1988; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Under Principal Michelle Nash and Assistant | ||||||
| 6 | Principal Kelly Heinecke, Ebinger Elementary School has | ||||||
| 7 | continued its record of excellence within the Chicago Public | ||||||
| 8 | School System; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, The published mission statement of Ebinger | ||||||
| 10 | Elementary School states that "All students graduating from | ||||||
| 11 | Ebinger will have a clear understanding of their own strengths | ||||||
| 12 | and passions for learning"; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Ebinger Elementary School is proudly represented | ||||||
| 14 | by its mascot "The Eagles"; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 16 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | we congratulate the teachers, educators, students, and parents | ||||||
| 18 | of Ebinger Elementary School on its 100th anniversary and join | ||||||
| 19 | them in looking forward to the next 100 years; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to Ebinger Elementary School Principal Michelle Nash | ||||||
| 2 | as a symbol of our respect and esteem. | ||||||