Full Text of HR0333 95th General Assembly
HR0333 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jerryelyn L. | 4 |
| Jones, principal of Curie Metropolitan High School, on her | 5 |
| accomplishments and her many years of service to the | 6 |
| educational community; and
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| WHEREAS, Jerryelyn L. Jones graduated from James McCosh | 8 |
| Elementary School and South Shore High School; she earned a | 9 |
| B.A. in Education from Chicago State University and an M.A. in | 10 |
| History from the National College of Education in Evanston, as | 11 |
| well as an M.S. in Education Administration from Chicago State | 12 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Jerryelyn L. Jones began her teaching career in | 14 |
| September of 1976 at Lindblom Technical High School, where she | 15 |
| spent six years as a social studies teacher; she was selected | 16 |
| to teach at Curie High School in 1982; during her twelve years | 17 |
| as a teacher at Curie High School, she was actively involved | 18 |
| with the student body of the school, serving as co-chairman of | 19 |
| the Metro History Fair, grade advisor, and as one of the | 20 |
| sponsors of the Academic Olympics; she was also selected as the | 21 |
| chairperson of the Teacher Advisory Board of the Citywide | 22 |
| Chicago Metro History Fair; and
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| WHEREAS, During her teaching career, she received several | 2 |
| certificates and awards, such as the Educator of the Year | 3 |
| Award, Phi Delta Kappa; Teacher of the Month Award, City of | 4 |
| Chicago; and the Dedicated Teacher Award, Kate Maremont | 5 |
| Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, Her administrative career began in 1994 when she | 7 |
| was selected as assistant principal of curriculum, staff | 8 |
| development, and programming at Curie High School; in October | 9 |
| 1999 she became principal of Curie High School; in her capacity | 10 |
| as principal of Curie, she has been instrumental in making | 11 |
| programs in her school grow stronger and more complete while | 12 |
| helping her school move into the 21st century by having | 13 |
| television monitors and Internet capacity installed in every | 14 |
| classroom; she is a strong supporter of the arts and has added | 15 |
| two computer labs for the growing art department and a ceramics | 16 |
| lab has recently been newly equipped; and
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| WHEREAS, During her eight year tenure as principal, she has | 18 |
| experienced many successes; under her direction, Curie High | 19 |
| School was named as having the best art program in the state by | 20 |
| the Illinois Art Education Association in 2002; the school has | 21 |
| had a teacher named one of ten Illinois Golden Apple Fellows in | 22 |
| each of the last three years high schools have been eligible | 23 |
| for the award (2001, 2004, & 2007); the school has improved | 24 |
| attendance and graduation rates over the past five years, and |
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| increased math scores on state tests by 12.8 percent and | 2 |
| science scores by eight percent in the last five years; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| congratulate Jerryelyn L. Jones on her accomplishments and her | 7 |
| many years of service to the educational community; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Jerryelyn L. Jones.
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