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SR 290 - Dorsett Shoals Elementary - commend

Hecht, Greg K. (34th)	Price, Richard J (28th)

Status Summary	SC:		HC:		FR:	03/17/99	LA:	03/17/99	S - Passed/Adopted

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A resolution commending Dorsett Shoals Elementary School.

SR 290                                             LC 19 4336 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commending Dorsett Shoals Elementary School; and for other 
  1- 2  purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, Dorsett Shoals Elementary School in Douglasville, 
  1- 4  Georgia, is the state winner of the 1998-99 International 
  1- 5  Reading Association Exemplary Reading Program Award; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, the Exemplary Reading Program is sponsored by the 
  1- 7  International Reading Association to recognize outstanding 
  1- 8  reading and language arts programs at all grade levels; and 
 
  1- 9  WHEREAS, its purpose is to focus the public's attention on 
  1-10  outstanding reading programs in schools throughout North 
  1-11  America; and 
 
  1-12  WHEREAS, the faculty and administration of Dorsett Shoals 
  1-13  Elementary School, under the excellent leadership of 
  1-14  Principal Lois Landy, are wholly committed to working 
  1-15  together to provide a high quality reading and language arts 
  1-16  program which enhances student learning; and 
 
  1-17  WHEREAS, they have been highly successful in their efforts; 
  1-18  and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, the Exemplary Reading Program Award will be 
  1-20  presented to Dorsett Shoals Elementary School on May 2, 
  1-21  1999, at the Council Awards Celebration during the IRA 
  1-22  annual convention in San Diego, California; and 
 
  1-23  WHEREAS, Dorsett Shoals will also be recognized on March 26, 
  1-24  1999, at the Georgia Council of the International Reading 
  1-25  Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia; and 
 
  1-26  WHEREAS, it is only fitting and proper that the excellence 
  1-27  and success of Dorsett Shoals Elementary School be 
  1-28  recognized by this body and upheld as an example for other 
  1-29  schools to emulate. 
 
  1-30  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the 
  1-31  members of this body commend and congratulate the teachers, 
  1-32  administrators, and students of Dorsett Shoals Elementary 
  1-33  School on having the best reading program in the State of 
  1-34  Georgia and extend best wishes for continued educational 
  1-35  success. 
 
 
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  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the  Senate is 
  2- 2  authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of 
  2- 3  this resolution to Principal Lois Landy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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