Bill Text: IL SR0579 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 7, 2017 as "Kathleen Janush Day" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0579 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0579-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are pleased to | ||||||
3 | recognize Kathleen "Kate" Janush for
her distinguished service | ||||||
4 | and achievements in education and in the community; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush received her Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
6 | English and Education from Good Counsel College in
White | ||||||
7 | Plains, New York; she received her Master of Arts in English | ||||||
8 | from Western Illinois University; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush began working as an educator 44 years | ||||||
10 | ago; she started teaching at St. Giles School
in 1987 and | ||||||
11 | taught the 7th and 8th grades for 29 years, inspiring students | ||||||
12 | through her language arts
and literature classes; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush is fondly known as "Mrs. J."; she is | ||||||
14 | well-known for her love of reading,
which she has passed on to | ||||||
15 | thousands of students over the years; she expressed her passion | ||||||
16 | with a
poster near her desk that reads "If you think reading is | ||||||
17 | boring, you're not doing it right."; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Early in her career, Kate Janush started her | ||||||
19 | classes on a regimen of reading the
legendary yellow dot books | ||||||
20 | from the school library; she required her students to read a | ||||||
21 | yellow
dot book every two weeks during their 7th and 8th grade |
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1 | years, and take a 20-question quiz on the
book, in addition to | ||||||
2 | their regular class reading assignments; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush wholeheartedly believed in Maya | ||||||
4 | Angelou's quote, "Any book that helps
a child to form a habit | ||||||
5 | of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing | ||||||
6 | needs, is good
for him."; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush contributed her tireless efforts to | ||||||
8 | editing St. Giles' school yearbooks for
24 years, and as the | ||||||
9 | unofficial school historian beginning in 1990, launched a | ||||||
10 | collection of
graduation memory boxes with photos and | ||||||
11 | memorabilia; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush was co-director of the 8th grade | ||||||
13 | theater productions for 16 years with
former 8th grade math | ||||||
14 | teacher, Puddy Larsen; it was a labor of love as she | ||||||
15 | co-launched
the theater project "as a way to get the 8th | ||||||
16 | graders all working together", thus becoming a much
anticipated | ||||||
17 | and valued tradition of the 8th grade year at St. Giles; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush volunteered at the Friends of the Oak | ||||||
19 | Park Public Library Book Fair,
organized confirmation | ||||||
20 | candidates to bake cookies for homeless shelters each week of | ||||||
21 | the school
year, and acted as a regular lector of morning | ||||||
22 | masses for many years; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Kate Janush has been backed in her endeavors by | ||||||
2 | her supportive husband, Dale, and her
St. Giles alumus son, | ||||||
3 | Zach; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 7, 2017 | ||||||
6 | as Kathleen Janush Day in the State of Illinois, and we wish | ||||||
7 | her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to Kathleen Janush as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
10 | gratitude.
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