Bill Text: IL HR0674 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Principal Brian Kelly, Ed.D. on being a finalist for the 2024 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. Commends him for his dedication to the students, community, and staff of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR0674 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0674-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Principal Brian Kelly, | ||||||
| 4 | Ed.D. on the occasion of being a finalist for the 2024 Golden | ||||||
| 5 | Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Golden Apple Awards, sponsored by the Golden | ||||||
| 7 | Apple Foundation, honor excellence in teaching and school | ||||||
| 8 | leadership; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Out of more than 100 nominations, Dr. Kelly was | ||||||
| 10 | one of five school principals named as a finalist for the | ||||||
| 11 | Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership in the State | ||||||
| 12 | of Illinois; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly, a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) | ||||||
| 14 | graduate, received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and | ||||||
| 15 | Master of Education from DePaul University, his Master of Arts | ||||||
| 16 | in Special Education and Teaching from the University of | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois at Chicago (UIC), his Master of Education in | ||||||
| 18 | Educational Leadership and Administration from Concordia | ||||||
| 19 | University Chicago, and his Doctor of Education in Urban | ||||||
| 20 | Education and Leadership from UIC; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has served as the principal at Dr. | ||||||
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| 1 | Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School (King | ||||||
| 2 | College Prep) since 2019; he began his career at CPS as a | ||||||
| 3 | social studies teacher and special education teacher for | ||||||
| 4 | students with behavioral and emotional disorders and specific | ||||||
| 5 | learning disabilities, working at Morgan Park High School and | ||||||
| 6 | George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School before | ||||||
| 7 | serving as an assistant principal at John F. Kennedy High | ||||||
| 8 | School; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, During his tenure at King College Prep, Dr. Kelly | ||||||
| 10 | has led educators in building systems and processes to improve | ||||||
| 11 | the student experience and increase student achievement; under | ||||||
| 12 | his direction, the school's annual attendance rate has | ||||||
| 13 | increased from 89% to 94%, its enrollment has grown nearly | ||||||
| 14 | 50%, its participation in athletic programs has tripled, its | ||||||
| 15 | GPA has increased from 2.59 to 3.80, and its four-year | ||||||
| 16 | graduation rate has reached over 99%; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has previously received an award for | ||||||
| 18 | Excellence in Administration from the Those Who Excel & | ||||||
| 19 | Teacher of the Year program by the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 20 | Education in 2023; he has also served as a leadership lab | ||||||
| 21 | practitioner for the Cahn Fellowship, an organization that | ||||||
| 22 | provides advanced leadership development for talented school | ||||||
| 23 | leaders in large metropolitan areas; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly believes in creating an environment | ||||||
| 2 | where leaders model the expectations they have for those | ||||||
| 3 | around them and lead with the heart, and he has worked to | ||||||
| 4 | measure outcomes in learning for their intended impact while | ||||||
| 5 | creating an environment where students have a balance of | ||||||
| 6 | academics, extracurricular and athletic activities, and social | ||||||
| 7 | development opportunities; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we congratulate Principal Brian Kelly, Ed.D. on being a | ||||||
| 11 | finalist for the 2024 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in | ||||||
| 12 | Leadership, and we commend him for his dedication to the | ||||||
| 13 | students, community, and staff of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | ||||||
| 14 | College Preparatory High School; and be it further
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