Bill Text: TX SR86 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Syamantak Payra for reaching the final round at the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-18 - Reported enrolled [SR86 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR86-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Syamantak Payra of Friendswood has won distinction | ||
for himself and his school by reaching the final round at the | ||
Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May 2013; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A seventh-grader at Westbrook Intermediate | ||
School, Syamantak was the only person in the final round who had | ||
never participated at the nationals before; this gifted young man | ||
performed coolly throughout his competition, correctly spelling | ||
such difficult words as "panjandrum," "sansculottic," and | ||
"catawba" and maintaining his success through nine rounds; and | ||
WHEREAS, Syamantak had earned his place at the nationals | ||
through his stellar performance at the Clear Creek Independent | ||
School District spelling bee, from which he advanced to the | ||
HoustonPBS Spelling Bee, which sends its top two spellers to the | ||
Scripps national competition; in addition, he has participated | ||
in the South Asian Spelling Bee; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of proud parents Sanjukta and Pramatha | ||
Payra, Syamantak also excels at mathematics and science, and in | ||
2013 he won a gold medal in the physics and astronomy division of | ||
the district science fair and placed third at the Science | ||
Engineering Fair of Houston; he is a talented writer as well, | ||
having placed more than 12 poems and essays in anthologies and | ||
magazines, and he won second place in the Science and Engineering | ||
Writing Contest at the Houston science fair; and | ||
WHEREAS, Syamantak Payra's exceptional scholastic ability, | ||
hard work, and commitment to excellence have opened the way to | ||
limitless opportunities for this remarkable young man, and he may | ||
indeed take great pride in his impressive performance in the | ||
national spotlight; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the state of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Syamantak | ||
Payra for reaching the final round at the 2013 Scripps National | ||
Spelling Bee and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success and a bright future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Syamantak Payra as an expression of high regard from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Taylor | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 18, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |