Bill Text: TX SR3 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Odyssey Academy on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-09 - Reported enrolled [SR3 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR3-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Odyssey Academy on the occasion of the school's 25th | ||
| anniversary, which is being celebrated on October 14, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Odyssey Academy was established in 1998 when | ||
| Robert A. Mosbacher Sr., the founder of Mosbacher Energy | ||
| Company and a former United States secretary of commerce, | ||
| secured a charter for the school from the Texas State Board of | ||
| Education; the following year, Odyssey Academy opened as an | ||
| open-enrollment, public middle school; the academy soon grew | ||
| to encompass prekindergarten through eighth grade classes, and | ||
| in 2009, the current Galveston campus was established; high | ||
| school grades were added in 2013, and the school produced its | ||
| first graduating class four years later; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Odyssey Academy features a curriculum focused | ||
| on the development of leadership and problem-solving skills, | ||
| with an emphasis on the STEAM subjects of science, technology, | ||
| engineering, the arts, and mathematics; moreover, the school | ||
| offers dual credit and early college programs that allow | ||
| students to earn college credit or an associate's degree while | ||
| completing high school; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the past eight years, Odyssey Academy has | ||
| expanded its reach by adding additional locations; in 2015, it | ||
| launched the Bay Area campus in El Lago, which serves | ||
| prekindergarten through seventh grade students across 14 school | ||
| districts, and in 2020, it opened the Texas City campus, which | ||
| offers prekindergarten through eighth grade classes; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For a quarter century, Odyssey Academy has | ||
| provided young Texans with a solid educational foundation that | ||
| enables them to reach their full potential and become productive | ||
| and engaged members of their communities, and the school is | ||
| indeed deserving of recognition as it celebrates this special | ||
| milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend all who have | ||
| contributed to Odyssey Academy's proud legacy of excellence in | ||
| education and extend to all congratulations on the school's | ||
| 25th anniversary and best wishes for continued success in the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| Odyssey Academy as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Middleton | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on October 9, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
