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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Melissa Leisner,
4English and reading teacher at Prairie Knolls Middle School,
5for winning the 2013 Milken National Educator Award from the
6Milken Family Foundation; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Milken Award recognizes educators in the early
8and middle phases of their careers for engaging and inspiring
9teaching, community and school involvement, and educational
10accomplishments; the award is called the Oscar of teaching and
11was awarded to 40 outstanding educators nationally; Milken
12Award recipients also receive $25,000; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The award's namesake, Lowell Milken, created the
14award program to honor educators over 25 years ago; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Melissa Leisner is a lifelong resident of Elgin;
16she has been teaching for 15 years and has been at Prairie
17Knolls Middle School in Community Unit School District 301
18since it opened 7 years ago; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Melissa Leisner teaches 7th-grade English
20language arts; 5 years ago, she started a program called YA
21Cafe, originally called Young Adult Cafe, to introduce students

 

 

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1to great literature; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Melissa Leisner earned her undergraduate degree
3at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb; she also earned
4master's degrees at Aurora University and Judson University in
5Elgin; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8we congratulate Melissa Leisner for winning the 2013 Milken
9National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation; and
10be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Melissa Leisner as an expression of our esteem and
13respect.