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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Gunde Iwersen-Burritt, a
4 high school German teacher at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in
5 Palos Hills, on receiving the Lieutenant Governor's Award for
6 Exemplary Teaching and Training from the Illinois Council on
7 the Teaching of Foreign Languages; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Ms. Iwersen-Burritt has been a foreign language
9 teacher at the school for the past four years; she involves her
10 students in cultural experiences as well as activities to
11 promote language proficiency; every year Stagg high school
12 German students visit the German Christmas Market and Chicago
13 Brauhaus to enjoy crafts and food of the German culture; and
 
14     WHEREAS, She has organized trips to Germany for her German
15 students and each year encourages her students to take the
16 National German Examination; as a result, her students are able
17 to compete and win a summer stipend for study in Germany;
18 therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 congratulate Gunde Iwersen-Burritt on being honored by
22 receiving the Exemplary Teaching and Training Award from the
23 Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for
24 recognition of her hard work and dedication; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to Gunde Iwersen-Burritt as a token of our respect.