Bill Text: IL HR1085 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Pershing Elementary School on attending the 10th Annual Our American Voice Summit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR1085 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1085-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 recognize Pershing Elementary School | ||||||
4 | on being invited to attend the 10th Annual Our American Voice | ||||||
5 | Summit in Springfield to share their community project with | ||||||
6 | other schools from across the State, meet legislators, and tour | ||||||
7 | the Capitol; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Our American Voice begins with the fundamentals of | ||||||
9 | democracy - how government works - and lessons of change | ||||||
10 | distilled from the American Revolution to the civil rights | ||||||
11 | movement and beyond; it takes a critical additional step by | ||||||
12 | teaching students how to apply these lessons to their local | ||||||
13 | communities, form vigorous partnerships with other | ||||||
14 | organizations, and create living projects and campaigns that | ||||||
15 | generate real results; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Pershing Elementary School's project consisted of | ||||||
17 | organizing an Illinois state history museum for the school to | ||||||
18 | tour; OAV students are arranging for each grade level to learn | ||||||
19 | about Illinois and create a project for display in the museum; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, Participating in Our American Voice and visiting | ||||||
22 | the Capitol is a memorable learning experience that teaches |
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1 | students the fundamentals of American democracy and helps them | ||||||
2 | work to create positive change in their community; therefore, | ||||||
3 | be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
5 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
6 | recognize Pershing Elementary School on being invited to attend | ||||||
7 | the 10th Annual Our American Voice Summit in Springfield to | ||||||
8 | share their community project; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to Pershing Elementary School as a symbol of our | ||||||
11 | respect and esteem.
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