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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jerryelyn L. | ||||||
| 4 | Jones, principal of Curie Metropolitan High School, on her | ||||||
| 5 | accomplishments and her many years of service to the | ||||||
| 6 | educational community; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Jerryelyn L. Jones graduated from James McCosh | ||||||
| 8 | Elementary School and South Shore High School; she earned a | ||||||
| 9 | B.A. in Education from Chicago State University and an M.A. in | ||||||
| 10 | History from the National College of Education in Evanston, as | ||||||
| 11 | well as an M.S. in Education Administration from Chicago State | ||||||
| 12 | University; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jerryelyn L. Jones began her teaching career in | ||||||
| 14 | September of 1976 at Lindblom Technical High School, where she | ||||||
| 15 | spent six years as a social studies teacher; she was selected | ||||||
| 16 | to teach at Curie High School in 1982; during her twelve years | ||||||
| 17 | as a teacher at Curie High School, she was actively involved | ||||||
| 18 | with the student body of the school, serving as co-chairman of | ||||||
| 19 | the Metro History Fair, grade advisor, and as one of the | ||||||
| 20 | sponsors of the Academic Olympics; she was also selected as the | ||||||
| 21 | chairperson of the Teacher Advisory Board of the Citywide | ||||||
| 22 | Chicago Metro History Fair; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, During her teaching career, she received several | ||||||
| 2 | certificates and awards, such as the Educator of the Year | ||||||
| 3 | Award, Phi Delta Kappa; Teacher of the Month Award, City of | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago; and the Dedicated Teacher Award, Kate Maremont | ||||||
| 5 | Foundation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Her administrative career began in 1994 when she | ||||||
| 7 | was selected as assistant principal of curriculum, staff | ||||||
| 8 | development, and programming at Curie High School; in October | ||||||
| 9 | 1999 she became principal of Curie High School; in her capacity | ||||||
| 10 | as principal of Curie, she has been instrumental in making | ||||||
| 11 | programs in her school grow stronger and more complete while | ||||||
| 12 | helping her school move into the 21st century by having | ||||||
| 13 | television monitors and Internet capacity installed in every | ||||||
| 14 | classroom; she is a strong supporter of the arts and has added | ||||||
| 15 | two computer labs for the growing art department and a ceramics | ||||||
| 16 | lab has recently been newly equipped; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, During her eight year tenure as principal, she has | ||||||
| 18 | experienced many successes; under her direction, Curie High | ||||||
| 19 | School was named as having the best art program in the state by | ||||||
| 20 | the Illinois Art Education Association in 2002; the school has | ||||||
| 21 | had a teacher named one of ten Illinois Golden Apple Fellows in | ||||||
| 22 | each of the last three years high schools have been eligible | ||||||
| 23 | for the award (2001, 2004, & 2007); the school has improved | ||||||
| 24 | attendance and graduation rates over the past five years, and | ||||||
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| 1 | increased math scores on state tests by 12.8 percent and | ||||||
| 2 | science scores by eight percent in the last five years; | ||||||
| 3 | therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 6 | congratulate Jerryelyn L. Jones on her accomplishments and her | ||||||
| 7 | many years of service to the educational community; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to Jerryelyn L. Jones.
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