Bill Text: TX SR48 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Nancy Blackwell on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-12 - Reported enrolled [SR48 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR48-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Nancy Blackwell, who is retiring as principal of | ||
MacArthur High School on June 10, 2013, after a long and | ||
distinguished career with the Aldine Independent School | ||
District; and | ||
WHEREAS, She joined the district in 1986 and taught at | ||
Orange Grove Elementary School before moving into administration | ||
as assistant principal at Carmichael Elementary School; she went | ||
on to serve as principal at Worsham Elementary and Hambrick | ||
Middle Schools before assuming her role at MacArthur High School | ||
in 2005; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under her exceptional leadership, MacArthur High | ||
School has enjoyed success in a wide array of activities, from | ||
academic decathlon to athletics to dance team and jazz ensemble | ||
performances; it has consistently been listed among the best high | ||
schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report and is the | ||
only high school in the nation to win an Excellence in Education | ||
Award from the National Center for Urban School Transformation; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, She has dedicated her career to helping ensure | ||
that her students achieve graduation, and she was named the | ||
district's Secondary Principal of the Year in 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, An exemplary educator and administrator, she is | ||
respected and admired by her colleagues and by students | ||
throughout the district, and her presence at MacArthur High | ||
School will be greatly missed; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Nancy Blackwell | ||
on her commitment to her profession and her many achievements and | ||
extend to her best wishes for continued success in all her | ||
endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Garcia | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on July 12, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |