Bill Text: TX HR89 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing Nancy Blackwell on her retirement from the Aldine Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-15 - Reported enrolled [HR89 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR89-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Nancy Blackwell on her retirement from the Aldine Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-15 - Reported enrolled [HR89 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR89-Introduced.html
83S20437 CBE-D | ||
By: Walle | H.R. No. 89 |
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WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the State of Texas | ||
is pleased to recognize Nancy Blackwell, who is retiring as | ||
principal of MacArthur High School on June 10, 2013, after a long | ||
and distinguished career with the Aldine Independent School | ||
District; and | ||
WHEREAS, She joined the district in 1986 and taught at Orange | ||
Grove Elementary School before moving into administration as | ||
assistant principal at Carmichael Elementary School; she went on to | ||
serve as principal at Worsham Elementary and Hambrick Middle | ||
Schools before assuming her role at MacArthur High School in 2005; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Under her exceptional leadership, MacArthur High | ||
School has enjoyed success in a wide array of activities, from | ||
academic decathlon to athletics to dance team and jazz ensemble | ||
performances; it has consistently been listed among the best high | ||
schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report and is the only | ||
high school in the nation to win an Excellence in Education Award | ||
from the National Center for Urban School Transformation; and | ||
WHEREAS, She has dedicated her career to helping ensure that | ||
her students achieve graduation, and she was named the district's | ||
Secondary Principal of the Year in 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, An exemplary educator and administrator, she is | ||
respected and admired by her colleagues and by students throughout | ||
the district, and her presence at MacArthur High School will be | ||
greatly missed; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Nancy Blackwell on | ||
her commitment to her profession and her many achievements and | ||
extend to her best wishes for continued success in all her | ||
endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for her | ||
as an expression of esteem from the Texas House of Representatives. |