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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, It has come to the attention  of  the  House  of
 3    Representatives  that  Bloom  Township High School in Chicago
 4    Heights is celebrating its  one  hundredth  anniversary  this
 5    year; and

 6        WHEREAS, The school received its charter on May 21, 1900;
 7    it  began in four rooms rented from Washington School with an
 8    initial enrollment of 81 students and 3 teachers; and

 9        WHEREAS, By 1901, a new school was built on the southwest
10    corner of Lincoln and Dixie Highways; in  1931,  construction
11    began  on  the  Bloom Township High School at 10th Street and
12    Dixie Highway and, in  1934,  students  moved  into  the  new
13    school; and

14        WHEREAS,  The  centennial  celebration  starts  with  the
15    Centennial  Family  Festival  May 20 and 21 on the Bloom High
16    School grounds;  on  June  26,  the  District  206  Education
17    Foundation  will sponsor its eighth annual golf outing at the
18    Glenwoodie golf course; and the centennial will  conclude  in
19    September  with a three-day schedule of events, starting with
20    the homecoming football game  and  a  reunion  of  all  Bloom
21    Township High School classes; and

22        WHEREAS,   During  the  past  one  hundred  years,  Bloom
23    Township  High  School  has  gone   through   a   series   of
24    renovations,  expansions,  and modernizations, and through it
25    all has, with dedication and devotion, notably  continued  to
26    provide Chicago Heights with the necessary services essential
27    to  the  education  and  stabilization  of  the  youth of the
28    community; and

29        WHEREAS, Bloom Township High School has been a stable and
30    enduring beacon  of  scholastic  service  to  its  community;
31    therefore, be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 2    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
 3    we congratulate Bloom Township High School of Chicago Heights
 4    on the occasion of its centennial anniversary and acknowledge
 5    the  valuable  services it has provided throughout the years;
 6    and be it further

 7        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 8    presented  to  Linda  Byrd,  Principal of Bloom Township High
 9    School.

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