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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Joy Allen on the
4occasion of her retirement from her position as Central
5Catholic High School principal after 23 years of service; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Joy Allen began serving as Central Catholic High
7School principal in June of 1991, and will step down on June
830, 2014; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Joy Allen has brought many changes to Central
10Catholic during her tenure; she has developed a broader
11curriculum to better serve all academic levels of learning at
12her school, increased AP offerings, and brought Heartland
13Community College to the school's campus; she planned and
14managed the study of a new school campaign, oversaw the
15direction of an active campaign in 2001, helped design and make
16decisions on a new school campus on Airport Road, and was
17actively involved from the beginning to end with the
18construction of a new building, with Central Catholic opening
19its new doors in the Fall of 2003; she has seen enrollment go
20from 213 students in 1991 to a high of 423 in 2009, and now
21stands at 346; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Joy Allen also oversaw developments in numerous

 

 

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1other departments at Central Catholic; she supervised the
2campaign and construction of the Bill Hundman Memorial Stadium
3for the football and track programs, with it opening in the
4Fall of 2005; and her commitment to Fine Arts is apparent with
5the band and music program growing from 9 students in 1991 to
647 students in the choir and 43 in the band as of this year; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Joy Allen has looked towards new and innovative
8strategies to support the school's financial needs; she started
9the Dream House Raffle in 1993 and successfully ran the raffle
10to fund tuition scholarships and a student work program for
11those qualifying for financial assistance, with the fund now at
12over $1,000,000; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Joy Allen has received many awards and
14recognitions over the years; she received the Benemerenti Medal
15in the Fall of 2013 for her long and exceptional service to the
16Catholic Church, her most cherished of them all; therefore, be
17it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we congratulate Joy Allen as she retires from her position as
21Central Catholic High School principal, and we wish her the
22best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Joy Allen as an expression of our esteem and
3respect.