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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Two teams from Gibault High School in Waterloo |
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| recently placed first and second in the Land of Lincoln High |
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| School Region Stock Market Game program (SMG); and
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| WHEREAS, The Land of Lincoln High School Region included |
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| 124 student teams last fall; statewide, a total of more than |
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| 9,000 students participated in the program; the SMG is |
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| administered for students within fourth through twelfth grades |
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| throughout the State of Illinois by the Illinois Council on |
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| Economic Education, a division of Northern Illinois University |
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| Outreach; and
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| WHEREAS, SMG program participants excel in school because |
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| experience reinforces education; as students buy and sell |
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| investments in their simulated portfolios, they make practical |
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| use of cross-curricular skills and knowledge in areas such as |
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| math, history, civics, and language; they learn economic |
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| concepts in context, which makes a difference in their lives |
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| and their test scores; and
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| WHEREAS, Teachers and their students are recognized with |
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| SMG CD cases and Certificates of Award for their successful |
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| efforts; first and second place teachers also receive a check |
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| which can be used for economic education materials or to apply |
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| toward future participation in the simulation; all winning |
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| teachers also receive an SMG pocket calculator; and
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| WHEREAS, Gibault High School's SMG teacher is Jim Corsi; |
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| the first place students are Adam Fournie, Sarah Harbaugh, |
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| Danielle Hayden, Michelle Holle, and Rick Post; second place |
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| students are Alex Birkner, Stephanie Hart, Jena Lansing, Katie |
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| Morris, and Alex Rottler; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |