Bill Text: TX HR247 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Congratulating Penny Smeltzer of Round Rock ISD on her receipt of the 2010 O'Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-02-25 - Reported enrolled [HR247 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR247-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 247

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Penny Smeltzer of the Round Rock Independent School
District has received the 2010 O'Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award;
and
WHEREAS, Presented by the Communities Foundation of Texas
with support from the David Nathan Meyerson Private Foundation,
this prestigious annual award recognizes an advanced placement
teacher in a Texas public high school who has excelled in inspiring
his or her students to master college-level work and who has
contributed significantly to the teaching profession; and
WHEREAS, Penny Smeltzer earned her undergraduate degree in
history, mathematics, and English from Western Michigan
University, and she went on to study statistics at Texas A&M
University and Austin Community College; and
WHEREAS, A veteran teacher with 31 years of experience, Ms.
Smeltzer leads classes in advanced placement statistics at Westwood
High School in Round Rock; she introduced her first AP statistics
course in 1996, and today she oversees an AP statistics program with
an enrollment of more than 200 students; not only is her program one
of the largest of its kind in the country, but its students
regularly post AP statistics exam scores that exceed the state and
national averages; and
WHEREAS, In addition to creating innovative strategies to
engage and motivate her students, Ms. Smeltzer has worked
extensively with the College Board, authoring materials and
presenting at conferences; the recipient of numerous other
accolades, she was honored for her outstanding teaching by the
Texas Exes in 2009 and was named the National AP Teacher of the Year
by the Siemens Foundation in 2008; and
WHEREAS, The advanced placement teachers of Texas play a
vital role in preparing their students for academic achievement,
and Penny Smeltzer's ability to inspire her students through her
skill, energy, and generosity has put her in the front rank of Texas
educators; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Penny Smeltzer on her receipt of
the 2010 O'Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award and extend to her sincere
best wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Smeltzer as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Flynn
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 247 was adopted by the House on
February 24, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House