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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Leyden High School
4District 212 on being chosen as one of 3 2013 Advanced
5Placement District of the Year award winners; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The honor is bestowed by the College Board and is
7given to recognize those 3 districts that have made especially
8dramatic improvements among traditionally underserved
9populations; the award recognizes one large district with more
10than 50,000 students, one medium-sized district with between
118,000 and 50,000 students, and one small district with less
12than 8,000 students; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Among districts with small-sized populations,
14Leyden High School District 212 students achieved higher
15increases in Advanced Placement course participation and
16performance than any other small district in the country,
17putting the schools on the 2013 Advanced Placement Honor Roll;
18Honor Roll districts increase the number of students taking
19Advanced Placement exams and the percentage of students earning
20scores of 3 or higher; it was from 477 honor roll districts
21nationwide that District 212 and 2 other districts were chosen
22as district of the year winners; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Leyden High School District is one of 3 districts
2featured in the Advanced Placement Report to the Nation, a
3College Board website that features interviews of teachers and
4students from each of the 3 designated award-winning districts;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Leyden High School District 212 held a celebratory
7assembly on January 27, 2014 that featured numerous dignitaries
8and was filmed as part of a promotional video to be included on
9the College Board website; in addition, the College Board will
10host several staff members and students as presenters at the
11National Advanced Placement Conference to be held in
12Philadelphia in July of 2014; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15we congratulate Leyden High School District 212 on being chosen
16as one of 3 2013 Advanced Placement District of the Year award
17winners; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to Leyden High School District 212 as an expression
20of our esteem and respect.