Bill Text: TX HR1197 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating the Covenant Classical School mock trial team on winning first place at the 2023 Texas High School Mock Trial Competition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1197-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating the Covenant Classical School mock trial team on winning first place at the 2023 Texas High School Mock Trial Competition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1197-Introduced.html
88R24580 BPG-D | ||
By: Goldman | H.R. No. 1197 |
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WHEREAS, The mock trial team from Covenant Classical School | ||
in Fort Worth won first place at the 2023 Texas High School Mock | ||
Trial Competition; and | ||
WHEREAS, Administered by the Dallas Bar Association Mock | ||
Trial Committee, the competition was established in 1979 to deepen | ||
knowledge of the courtroom environment among students interested in | ||
careers as lawyers, public speakers, and politicians; the exercise | ||
shows how the legal system works in everyday life while encouraging | ||
critical thinking and quick analysis; and | ||
WHEREAS, More than 20 high school teams from across the state | ||
participated in this year's competition, arguing a hypothetical | ||
criminal case; judges and attorneys performed the role of jurors, | ||
and students portrayed a variety of trial participants, from | ||
defense or prosecution attorneys to witnesses; and | ||
WHEREAS, Competitors were evaluated on the basis of | ||
preparation and presentation; in addition to the first-place | ||
trophy, the Covenant Classical team received the Team | ||
Professionalism Award, conferred by their peers; individual honors | ||
were garnered by senior Sophia Foster, named Outstanding Advocate, | ||
and senior Jonathan Fredricks, who received honorable mention in | ||
the Best Advocate and Best Witness categories; the team further | ||
included Emerson Espanet, Elizabeth Farah, Nancy Jageman, Bridgett | ||
Kennedy, Daniel Keyes, Ellie Monwai, Sachi Monwai, Gracie Patel, | ||
Emma Pharris, Nate Smith, and Claire Tollefson; they benefited from | ||
able guidance of coordinators Scott Fredricks, an attorney, and | ||
Judge Josh Burgess; and | ||
WHEREAS, Before advancing to the state competition, the team | ||
took home top honors at the regional level for the sixth consecutive | ||
year; the members are now set to represent Texas at the 2023 | ||
National High School Mock Trial Competition in Little Rock, | ||
Arkansas, in May; and | ||
WHEREAS, The members of the Covenant Classical School mock | ||
trial team have demonstrated exceptional dedication and a true | ||
commitment to excellence, and their accomplishments are a source of | ||
great pride to their families, their school, and their community; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Covenant Classical School mock | ||
trial team on winning first place at the 2023 Texas High School Mock | ||
Trial Competition and extend to the members sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |