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 | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on October 9, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |