Bill Text: IL HR0441 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Isabel Tellez, Principal at Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, on her many years of hard work and dedication to the education of young people.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0441 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0441-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Isabel Tellez, | ||||||
4 | Principal at Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, on her many | ||||||
5 | years of hard work and dedication to the education of young | ||||||
6 | people; and
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7 | WHEREAS, She received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from | ||||||
8 | Northeastern Illinois University in 1987; she received her | ||||||
9 | Master of Science in Education from the National College of | ||||||
10 | Education in 1989; she received her second Master of Science in | ||||||
11 | Education from Chicago State University in 1991; and she | ||||||
12 | received a Certificate of Advanced Study in School | ||||||
13 | Administration from National Louis University in 1998; and
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14 | WHEREAS, She began her teaching career at Alcott Elementary | ||||||
15 | School in 1987; she moved to the Department of Truancy | ||||||
16 | Prevention with the Chicago Public Schools in 1992; she later | ||||||
17 | moved to the Department of Funded Programs in 2000; she served | ||||||
18 | as Management Support Director for Cluster Two in the Chicago | ||||||
19 | Public Schools from 2004 to 2005; in 2005, she accepted the | ||||||
20 | position of Assistant Principal at F.W. Reilly Elementary | ||||||
21 | School; and in 2009, she was appointed the Principal at Kelvyn | ||||||
22 | Park High School; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Under Isabel Tellez's leadership, academic | ||||||
2 | achievement and Freshman on Track increased, standardized test | ||||||
3 | scores increased, attendance rate increased, and acts of | ||||||
4 | misconduct decreased during her first year as principal at | ||||||
5 | Kelvyn Park High School; and
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6 | WHEREAS, She is a hard worker, dedicated to making school a | ||||||
7 | positive environment for her students, and is loved by her | ||||||
8 | community; during her time as Principal she has initiated a | ||||||
9 | "Safe Passage" area around the school, personally keeping gangs | ||||||
10 | and gang intimidation away from her students; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
12 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
13 | we thank Isabel Tellez for her years of dedicated service in | ||||||
14 | the education field and for her dedication and commitment to | ||||||
15 | the Kelvyn Park High School community and wish her the best in | ||||||
16 | all her future endeavors and a prompt recovery; and be it | ||||||
17 | further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to Isabel Tellez as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
20 | esteem.
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