Bill Text: TX HR161 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Meghan MacKenzie Brooks, salutatorian of the Stratford High School Class of 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR161-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 161 |
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WHEREAS, Meghan MacKenzie Brooks has graduated as | ||
salutatorian of the Stratford High School Class of 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Earning the title of salutatorian requires not only | ||
intellect and aptitude, but also dedication to the highest academic | ||
standards; to attain this coveted distinction, Ms. Brooks | ||
demonstrated a thorough understanding of a wide range of subjects, | ||
and she finished her career with a grade point average of 98.98; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of the past four years, Ms. Brooks | ||
has participated in a wide variety of extracurricular activities | ||
and organizations; a member of the National Honor Society, she has | ||
also taken part in numerous UIL academic contests, advancing to | ||
regionals in accounting and competing, as well, in mathematics and | ||
science; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to her academic pursuits, Ms. Brooks | ||
played in the school band, ran track and cross-country, captained | ||
the Lady Elk basketball team her junior and senior years, and | ||
captained the cheer squad her senior year as well; selected to the | ||
2012-2013 Girls Basketball Elite Academic All-State Team by the | ||
Texas High School Coaches Association, she has also been named an | ||
All-American cheerleader and been crowned Lions Club Queen; she | ||
plans to continue her education at Texas Tech University; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of proud parents Lance and Kelly | ||
Brooks, Meghan MacKenzie Brooks has earned the respect and | ||
admiration of teachers and classmates alike, and her exceptional | ||
scholastic ability, hard work, and commitment to excellence have | ||
opened the way to limitless opportunities for this outstanding | ||
young Texan; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Meghan | ||
MacKenzie Brooks, salutatorian of the Stratford High School Class | ||
of 2013, and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
as she begins the next exciting chapter of her life; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Brooks as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Price | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 161 was adopted by the House on June | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||