Bill Text: TX SR698 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Harmony Public Schools on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-04 - Reported enrolled [SR698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR698-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Faculty, students, and staff of Harmony Public | ||
Schools are celebrating a decade of achievements by these notable | ||
institutions; and | ||
WHEREAS, A college preparatory charter school, Harmony | ||
Science Academy was first established in Houston in 2000; today, | ||
33 campuses throughout the state offer an excellent education | ||
focused on math, science, engineering, and computer technology | ||
to more than 16,000 children enrolled in kindergarten through | ||
12th grade; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to earning recognition by U.S. News & | ||
World Report as one of the best high schools in the nation, | ||
Harmony Public Schools can boast a 100 percent college acceptance | ||
rate; moreover, the institution was one of only 52 schools | ||
nationwide and the only charter school to earn the National Title | ||
I Distinguished School Award for closing the achievement gap; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many Harmony campuses are designated as Texas | ||
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative | ||
Academies, and their worthwhile efforts to promote this vital | ||
knowledge base has earned them funding from public groups and | ||
such private organizations as the Bill and Melinda Gates and | ||
Michael and Susan Dell Foundations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harmony students across the Lone Star State have | ||
excelled, winning more than 2,000 awards in local, national, and | ||
international science fairs and competitions, and in 2009 the El | ||
Paso Academy robotics team was invited to represent the United | ||
States in the European Open Championship Robotics Competition; and | ||
WHEREAS, By providing high-quality educational | ||
opportunities, Harmony Public Schools help students build a | ||
solid foundation for their future achievement, and in so doing, | ||
the schools are ensuring that more young Texans enter the | ||
workforce prepared for the challenges of the 21st-century | ||
economy; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, hereby honor Harmony Public Schools on the 10th | ||
anniversary of the founding of the first Harmony Science Academy | ||
and extend to all those associated with these notable | ||
institutions sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Harmony Public Schools as an expression of high regard from the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 4, 2011. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |