Bill Text: TX HR2615 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Josey Mitchell on her selection as the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year at Coronado High School in El Paso.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2615-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2615 |
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WHEREAS, An accomplished educator received well-deserved | ||
recognition when Josey Mitchell was named the 2016-2017 Teacher of | ||
the Year at Coronado High School in El Paso; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Mitchell combines her passions for education | ||
and the arts through her work as the director of the Coronado High | ||
Dance Department and the school's dance company; a nine-year | ||
veteran of the teaching profession, she is a member of the Texas | ||
Dance Educators Association and the National Dance Education | ||
Organization, and she was awarded a Classroom Fund Community Impact | ||
Grant from the El Paso Community Foundation in 2016; and | ||
WHEREAS, A proud El Paso native, Ms. Mitchell began taking | ||
ballet lessons at age four and continued to hone her craft | ||
throughout her youth; after graduating from Montwood High School in | ||
2001, she went on to earn her bachelor's degree in arts and dance | ||
and her master's degree in education at The University of Texas at | ||
El Paso, where she is currently working toward a doctoral degree in | ||
teaching, learning, and culture; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Mitchell has performed with Viva! El Paso, | ||
Ballet El Paso, the UTEP Ballet, the Caldo Collective, the | ||
Tumbleweed Collective, and the Tom Lea Institute, and she has | ||
served as both a performer and choreographer for the UTEP Dinner | ||
Theatre, the El Paso Opera, and the El Paso Independent School | ||
District Summer Musical; and | ||
WHEREAS, Josey Mitchell exemplifies the passion, | ||
determination, and innovative spirit that are the hallmarks of our | ||
best teachers, and she has set a standard of excellence to which all | ||
in her profession may aspire; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Josey Mitchell on her selection as | ||
the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year at Coronado High School and extend | ||
to her sincere best wishes for continued success with her important | ||
work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Mitchell as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Pickett | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2615 was adopted by the House on May | ||
28, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||