Bill Text: IL HR0109 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares March 10, 2023 as "Lindblom High School Day".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0109 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0109-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Museum shines a spotlight on | ||||||
3 | Generation X with the opening of its new exhibition, Growing | ||||||
4 | Up X; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The exhibition explores the toys, technologies, | ||||||
6 | and cultural touchstones surrounding Gen Xers in their | ||||||
7 | childhood; museum visitors will see items familiar to anyone | ||||||
8 | who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, such as telephones with | ||||||
9 | cords, record and cassette players, Apple IIe computers, Teddy | ||||||
10 | Ruxpin, and parachute pants; and
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11 | WHEREAS, A feature of the exhibition is a section called | ||||||
12 | "A Generation of eXcellence", which looks at the Gen X high | ||||||
13 | school experience through the lens of Chicago's Robert | ||||||
14 | Lindblom Technical High School (Robert Lindblom Math and | ||||||
15 | Science Academy); and
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16 | WHEREAS, Photos, memorabilia, and recollections from | ||||||
17 | Lindblom alumni shed light on what it was like to attend a | ||||||
18 | selective-enrollment high school for the first generation born | ||||||
19 | after the civil rights movement; and
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20 | WHEREAS, "Lindblom Day" is March 10, 2023 in Springfield, | ||||||
21 | where the exhibition will be honored through ceremonies, |
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1 | activities, and celebrations with Lindblom students and alumni | ||||||
2 | participating in the events of the day; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
5 | we declare March 10, 2023 as "Lindblom High School Day" in the | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to the principal of Robert Lindblom Math and Science | ||||||
9 | Academy as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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