Bill Text: TX HR1370 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the students of Grandview Hills Elementary School in Austin for their participation in the Pennies for Peace initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1370 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1370-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1370 |
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WHEREAS, Students at Grandview Hills Elementary School in | ||
Austin participated in the Pennies for Peace charitable initiative | ||
from February 14 through March 4, 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pennies for Peace is an international | ||
service-learning program that gives children in impoverished | ||
countries access to education while helping students in the U.S. | ||
and other developed nations to become more engaged global citizens; | ||
by collecting pennies for children their age in Pakistan and | ||
Afghanistan, students learn the rewards of sharing and working | ||
together to bring hope and educational opportunities to young | ||
people in other parts of the world; and | ||
WHEREAS, Grandview Hills Elementary first took part in the | ||
Pennies for Peace campaign in the spring of 2009, raising more than | ||
$1,000 in pennies; the donation paid for an area teacher's salary | ||
for one year, as well as for five students' school supplies, a | ||
scholarship, two sewing machines and materials, and more than 400 | ||
pencils; kindergarteners through fifth-grade students saved spare | ||
change and held bake sales to raise funds; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ably led by principal Brenda Cruz, Grandview Hills | ||
further prepares its students for today's global society by | ||
offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, | ||
and it is the first elementary school in the Leander Independent | ||
School District to do so; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through their involvement in Pennies for Peace, | ||
Grandview Hills students are gaining a greater understanding of | ||
other cultures and economic disparities around the world, and they | ||
are helping to make a difference in many young lives; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the students of Grandview Hills Elementary | ||
School for their participation in the Pennies for Peace initiative | ||
and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Howard of Travis | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1370 was adopted by the House on April | ||
28, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||