Bill Text: TX HR921 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Sunray Bobcat Ares X-Plorers of Sunray Middle School on winning top honors in the 2019-2020 Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline ROADS on Mars national student challenge.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR921 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR921-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 921 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Students of Sunray Middle School were awarded top | ||
| honors in the 2019-2020 ROADS on Mars national student challenge by | ||
| the Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sponsored by NASA, the Northwest Earth and Space | ||
| Sciences Pipeline promotes student interest and achievement in | ||
| science, technology, engineering, and math by providing | ||
| educational materials and events; the ROADS on Mars challenge | ||
| invites young people from across the nation to design and build | ||
| working model landers and rovers in order to recreate the Mars 2020 | ||
| rover and drone survey mission; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under the team name Sunray Bobcat Ares X-plorers, | ||
| the students participated in a series of mini-challenges such as | ||
| investigating geological processes and learning how to identify | ||
| biosignatures; they went on to design a communication satellite, an | ||
| EV3 robot rover, and a lander capsule, and their project culminated | ||
| in a video demonstration in which they successfully simulated a | ||
| sample collection mission; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating a true team effort, valuable | ||
| contributions were made by each member of the team: Commander | ||
| Kelley Turley, CapCom Brody Purswell, EVA Officer Justin Bain, UAV | ||
| Pilot Sully Kimbrell, Science Officer Kenneth Hughes, and Recorder | ||
| Aallura Sharp; the young scientists were ably guided by their | ||
| teacher, Angaleta Crenshaw; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Part of the Sunray Independent School District, | ||
| Sunray Elementary and Middle Schools benefit from the leadership of | ||
| principals Cody McDowell and Jance Morris and superintendent | ||
| Marshall Harrison; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through hard work and an unwavering commitment to | ||
| excellence, the members of the Sunray Bobcat Ares X-plorers have | ||
| earned the admiration of their fellow students and their many | ||
| community supporters, and they may indeed reflect with pride on | ||
| their outstanding accomplishment; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Sunray Bobcat Ares X-plorers on | ||
| being named the top middle school team in the 2019-2020 ROADS on | ||
| Mars national student challenge and extend to its members sincere | ||
| best wishes for the future; 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. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 921 was adopted by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
