Full Text of HR0525 95th General Assembly
HR0525 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 Shirley LeClere on | 4 |
| the occasion of her retirement from Nicholson Elementary School | 5 |
| and on her new position at the Regional Office of Education of | 6 |
| Kane County; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley LeClere was born in Chicago; she was one | 8 |
| of six children; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley LeClere attended college at Waubonsee | 10 |
| Community College, where she took early childhood classes; | 11 |
| while at WCC, she worked as a Head Start teacher assistant, | 12 |
| then progressed through the ranks to become a Lead
Teacher, | 13 |
| Center Director, Parent Coordinator, and
Head Start Director; | 14 |
| she then transferred to Aurora College, where she earned her | 15 |
| B.A. in education in 1983; after graduating she left the
Head | 16 |
| Start Program to begin interviewing for a public
school | 17 |
| position; on Father's Day weekend in June 1983,
she was called | 18 |
| to interview at Smith Elementary School; for the next
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| years she taught third and fourth grades before being
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| move to a kindergarten teaching position; and
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| WHEREAS, After a couple of years Shirley LeClere was asked | 22 |
| to work as
a part time Kindergarten/Administrative Assistant; |
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| instead of taking the position, she went back to school to
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| her M.A. in education with a minor in Gifted Education, which | 3 |
| she earned in 1988; she continued her
education by getting | 4 |
| certified as an Administrator; she became Principal of Smith | 5 |
| Elementary in 1994; she remained at Smith Elementary until her | 6 |
| move to Nicholson Elementary School in 2002; while at | 7 |
| Nicholson, under her leadership, the school was
designated by | 8 |
| the State as a Spotlight School for
Achievement and Academic | 9 |
| Performance; she was principal of Nicholson until 2007, when | 10 |
| she accepted a position at the Regional Office of Education of | 11 |
| Kane County; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley LeClere has maintained an active | 13 |
| involvement in her community; she is a member of the Districts | 14 |
| Pro Gro Committee; she is a TESA trainer; she has been an Even | 15 |
| Start teacher and director; she hosted the 1st annual District | 16 |
| 129 reading symposium; she has been involved with the Golden | 17 |
| Oaks Supervisory Board; she hosted the 1st annual Health | 18 |
| Awareness Fair; she has been the director of the City of Aurora | 19 |
| Summer School Program; she is a member of Phi Beta Kappa; she | 20 |
| is a member of ASCD; she has been a Coordinator of the TAOEP; | 21 |
| she is a Golden Apple recipient; she received a Kane County | 22 |
| Nomination for Educator of the Year; and she has been an Aurora | 23 |
| University Adjunct Professor in the MARI
program; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley LeClere's dedication to her profession |
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| and triumph over personal adversity are truly a model for the | 2 |
| people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| congratulate Shirley LeClere on her retirement from Nicholson | 6 |
| Elementary School and on her new position at the Regional | 7 |
| Office of Education of Kane County, and wish her continued | 8 |
| success and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Shirley LeClere as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 |
| respect.
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