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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARSICO, MELIO, MILLARD, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, REED, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS AND OBERLANDER, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Congratulating Montgomery Elementary School, Montgomery, upon |
2 | its recognition as a 2009 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon |
3 | School. |
4 | WHEREAS, At an awards ceremony in Washington, DC, on November |
5 | 3, 2009, the Federal Department of Education will recognize 314 |
6 | schools in the nation as 2009 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon |
7 | Schools; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Montgomery Elementary School in Montgomery, Lycoming |
9 | County, was one of these schools, an achievement signifying the |
10 | high level of academic success its students have reached through |
11 | significant progress in testing scores and program initiatives; |
12 | and |
13 | WHEREAS, The No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools |
14 | Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high |
15 | schools that are either academically superior or that |
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1 | demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high |
2 | levels; and |
3 | WHEREAS, The schools are selected based on one of two |
4 | criteria: |
5 | (1) Schools with at least 40% of their students from |
6 | disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically improve student |
7 | performance to high levels on state tests; or |
8 | (2) Schools whose students, regardless of background, |
9 | achieve in the top 10% of their state on state tests or in |
10 | the case of private schools in the top 10% of the nation on |
11 | nationally normed tests; |
12 | and |
13 | WHEREAS, Students at Montgomery Elementary School score in |
14 | the top 10% of the students in Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania |
15 | System of School Assessment tests; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Montgomery Elementary School is one of only 13 |
17 | schools in this Commonwealth to be honored in 2009 as a Blue |
18 | Ribbon School; therefore be it |
19 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate |
20 | Montgomery Elementary School, Montgomery, upon its recognition |
21 | as a 2009 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School. |
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