Bill Text: IL HR0068 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School for being named the World's Best School Supporting Healthy Lives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0068 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0068-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Marie Sklodowska Curie | ||||||
4 | Metropolitan High School for being named the World's Best | ||||||
5 | School Supporting Healthy Lives in an international | ||||||
6 | competition sponsored by T4, a nonprofit organization focused | ||||||
7 | on connecting teachers from around the world to improve | ||||||
8 | education globally and share best practices; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The competition seeks to find schools that are | ||||||
10 | making tangible impacts on the lives of students and the wider | ||||||
11 | community, and schools are judged on their vision,
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12 | programming, and resources to support healthy student lives; | ||||||
13 | specifically, the best school award recognizes the school's | ||||||
14 | Behavioral Health Team and its use of
the fine arts curriculum | ||||||
15 | to enrich students' lives and address mental health issues; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, Curie Metropolitan High School is the only U.S. | ||||||
18 | school to win this award, which is sponsored by T4 in | ||||||
19 | partnership with American Express and Accenture, and win an | ||||||
20 | accompanying $50,000 grant
from T4 Education; the panel of 200 | ||||||
21 | judges were impressed with the school's robust arts | ||||||
22 | programming and its focus on supporting students; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Curie Metropolitan High School is a public | ||||||
2 | four–year magnet high
school located in the Archer Heights | ||||||
3 | neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago; it serves | ||||||
4 | nearly 3,000 students and is the third
largest high school in | ||||||
5 | the Chicago Public School system; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The award is a testament to the engaging work of | ||||||
7 | the faculty, staff, and administrators to
provide students | ||||||
8 | with mental health supports, wraparound services, and art | ||||||
9 | enrichment
programs; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we congratulate Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High | ||||||
13 | School for being named the World's Best School Supporting | ||||||
14 | Healthy Lives; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to Curie Metropolitan High School Principal Homero | ||||||
17 | Peñuelas, Ed.D.
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