SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 84
         WHEREAS, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy in the San Antonio
  Independent School District is celebrating the 100th anniversary
  of its founding during the 2023-2024 school year; and
 
         WHEREAS, Named after renowned American author Nathaniel
  Hawthorne, Hawthorne Academy opened its doors in 1923 as one of
  San Antonio ISD's eight original junior high schools, and it
  earned the distinction of being part of the first system of
  junior high schools to be built from the ground up in the United
  States; it became an elementary school in 1975 and then an
  internal charter academy in 2001; and
 
         WHEREAS, Today, Hawthorne Academy serves students in
  kindergarten through the eighth grade, and it benefits from the
  able guidance of its principal, Kristina L. Smith; the school
  features a program specialization in fine arts as well as a
  comprehensive curriculum focused on the development of academic
  and leadership skills, and it also offers a wide range of
  extracurricular activities, including band, coding club, theater
  arts, and athletics; and
 
         WHEREAS, Over the course of the last century, Hawthorne
  Academy has provided area youth with a strong educational
  foundation on which to build, and it has made a lasting and
  positive impact 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
  centennial of Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy in San Antonio and
  extend to all those associated with the school sincere best
  wishes for the future; and, be it further
 
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
  prepared for the academy 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