Bill Text: TX HR760 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 125th anniversary of St. Mary Catholic School in Gainesville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR760 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR760-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 760 | ||
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| WHEREAS, St. Mary Catholic School in Gainesville celebrated | ||
| its 125th anniversary in 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded by the Benedictine Sisters in 1891, the | ||
| school served 32 students in 1902, when the School Sisters of Notre | ||
| Dame took charge of the six-room frame building; enrollment soon | ||
| thereafter increased to 75, and the school began offering high | ||
| school classes in 1905; its first senior class graduated the | ||
| following year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The present-day school building was completed in | ||
| 1948, becoming the first major structure erected in Gainesville | ||
| following World War II; some three decades later, it was completely | ||
| remodeled, and subsequently, a junior high section and a gymnasium | ||
| were built; the School Sisters of Notre Dame withdrew from direct | ||
| administration and classroom instruction in the 1980s; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2004, the Early Learning Childhood Center was | ||
| added, and more recently, the lower elementary classrooms were | ||
| renovated and equipped with updated technology; the school today | ||
| provides a faith-based learning environment to children from | ||
| prekindergarten through the eighth grade; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The education of young Texans is a vital enterprise, | ||
| and for more than 125 years, the faculty and staff at St. Mary | ||
| Catholic School have dedicated themselves to equipping students | ||
| with a lifelong love of learning that will serve them well | ||
| throughout their lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 125th anniversary of St. Mary | ||
| Catholic School and extend to all those associated with the | ||
| institution sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 760 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 16, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
