Bill Text: GA SR1516 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Hardaway High School Academic Decathlon Team; commend
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-21 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1516 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1516-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1516
By:
Senator Harbison of the 15th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the Hardaway High School Academic Decathlon Team; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Hardaway High School Academic Decathlon Team from Muscogee County won the
first runner-up award in the Super Quiz Oral Relay event at the 2010 PAGE
Georgia Academic Decathlon; and
WHEREAS,
the two-day academic competition was held on February 26 and 27, 2010, at
Berkmar High School in Gwinnett County; and
WHEREAS,
more than 200 high school students from 23 high schools, representing 17
districts, competed in this prestigious academic event; and
WHEREAS,
teams of nine students represented their school and were tested in seven areas:
economics, art, language and literature, mathematics, science, music, and
Written Super Quiz; and
WHEREAS,
during the Super Quiz Oral Relay, team members competed in a quiz bowl format,
keying in answers to questions regarding this year's topic, the French
Revolution, asked by moderator, WSB-TV-Channel 2 News Reporter Tom Jones;
and
WHEREAS,
the Hardaway High School Academic Decathlon Team was ably led by Coach Carmen
Kimsey Morris, who was honored at the awards banquet for serving as a Georgia
Academic Decathlon coach for ten years; and
WHEREAS,
the scholastically superb team members were Mac Barron, Sarah Flatt, Chad Fry,
Jonathan Henry, Daniel King, Samantha McCellan, Benjamin Merva, Ashley Lee, and
Lucas Thompson; and
WHEREAS,
these smart and gifted students have brought great honor to their school and
community and their incredible performance is worthy of
recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body
congratulate the Hardaway High School Academic Decathlon Team on winning the
first runner-up award in the Super Quiz Oral Relay event at the 2010 PAGE
Georgia Academic Decathlon.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Hardaway High School
Academic Decathlon Team.
