Bill Text: TX SR82 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Joel C. Harris Middle School on the occasion on its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-07 - Reported enrolled [SR82 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR82-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Joel C. Harris Middle School in the San Antonio | ||
| Independent School District is celebrating its 100th anniversary | ||
| in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Named for American journalist, fiction writer, | ||
| and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, the campus was first | ||
| established as Joel Chandler Harris Junior School; it began | ||
| operating in September 1923, though classes were initially held | ||
| at a nearby elementary campus until construction was completed | ||
| two months later on the new six-classroom building; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The school experienced a period of significant | ||
| growth during the 1940s and 1950s, and following a major | ||
| renovation project in the early 2000s, its campus more than | ||
| doubled in size; the renovations added numerous classrooms, two | ||
| gyms, and a football and soccer field, as well as a larger library | ||
| and cafeteria; moreover, the former gym was converted to a fine | ||
| arts building; the newly renovated campus was dedicated in | ||
| October 2004, and further upgrades, including the addition of a | ||
| STEM lab, were completed in 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Joel C. Harris Middle School is an | ||
| International Baccalaureate school that provides students in | ||
| grades six through eight with a challenging educational program and | ||
| a broad range of extracurricular activities; the campus benefits | ||
| from the outstanding efforts of its faculty and staff and the able | ||
| leadership of its current principal, John Hilliard; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For the past century, Joel C. Harris Middle | ||
| School has provided its students with a strong educational | ||
| foundation on which to build, and it has made a positive and | ||
| lasting difference in the lives of generations of San Antonio | ||
| residents; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 100th | ||
| anniversary of Joel C. Harris Middle School and extend to all | ||
| those associated with the campus sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the school as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Menéndez | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on November 7, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
