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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives are honored to recognize notable achievements
 4    in education in the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS,  The  Turner  Junior High School Scholastic Bowl
 6    team in Jacksonville emerged as the 2003 State  Champions  at
 7    the State Scholastic Bowl; and

 8        WHEREAS,   The   Jonathan   Turner   Junior  High  School
 9    Scholastic Bowl team is comprised of ten seventh graders  and
10    ten eighth graders; the criteria for being a part of the team
11    is  being  in the top 10 percent according to current grades,
12    98th or  99th  percentile  in  standardized  test  scores,  a
13    willingness  to  learn  and  apply  new  knowledge,  and  the
14    confidence to take a risk; and

15        WHEREAS,  The team members must be able to quickly recall
16    information they have learned and articulate that information
17    in a manner consistent with the questions asked and the rules
18    of the match; the team members are  arranged  into  A  and  B
19    squads according to talent; and

20        WHEREAS,  The  2002-2003  A squad is made up of: Priyanka
21    Bose, David  Clatterbuck,  Billy  Fishback,  Justin  Francis,
22    Brian Jarzen, Brock Jenkins, Kyle Lawson, Brian Peterson, and
23    Alex Racey; the B squad includes: Michael Agner, Colin Bohan,
24    Joseph  Culpepper,  John  Honnen,  Kate Jolly, Cameron Jones,
25    Erik Kuhn, Johnathan Roegge, Sarah  Scheerer,  Laura  Stampf,
26    and Jon Wardell; and

27        WHEREAS,  Mrs. Rae Ellen Hopkins, who teaches seventh and
28    eighth grade Humanities Lab, Mrs. Lauren Range,  who  teaches
29    eighth  grade  Science,  and  Ms.  Sarah  Hopkins,  who  is a
30    sophomore at Illinois College, coach the team;  Sarah  was  a
31    member  of  the  last  Turner  Scholastic  Bowl team to go to
 
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 1    State, placing third; and

 2        WHEREAS, Turner is  exceptionally  proud  of  the  effort
 3    these  talented  young people put forth; they are a credit to
 4    their parents and the community; therefore, be it

 5        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 6    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 7    we congratulate the members of  the  Jonathan  Turner  Junior
 8    High  School  Scholastic  Bowl  team on achieving their State
 9    Champion status at the 2003 State Scholastic Bowl and we wish
10    them continued success in their future educational endeavors;
11    and be it further

12        RESOLVED, That suitable  copies  of  this  resolution  be
13    presented  to  Dr. Richard Basden, Superintendent of Jonathan
14    Turner  Junior  High  School,  Jan  Ryan,  the  Principal  of
15    Jonathan Turner Junior High School, and to each member of the
16    Scholastic Bowl team as an expression of our esteem.