HR0925 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Gunde Iwersen-Burritt, a high school German teacher at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, on receiving the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Exemplary Teaching and Training from the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Iwersen-Burritt has been a foreign language teacher at the school for the past four years; she involves her students in cultural experiences as well as activities to promote language proficiency; every year Stagg high school German students visit the German Christmas Market and Chicago Brauhaus to enjoy crafts and food of the German culture; and

WHEREAS, She has organized trips to Germany for her German students and each year encourages her students to take the National German Examination; as a result, her students are able to compete and win a summer stipend for study in Germany; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Gunde Iwersen-Burritt on being honored by receiving the Exemplary Teaching and Training Award from the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for recognition of her hard work and dedication; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Gunde Iwersen-Burritt as a token of our respect.