HR0272 LRB094 11826 HSS 44165 r

1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Tina Pinkham was recently named the Illinois Child
3 Care Association/PSO Teacher of the Year; she received a $1,000
4 stipend along with the award, which was presented at the
5 organization's Annual Meeting with about 1,200 members in
6 attendance; and
 
7     WHEREAS, From a family of seven raised in Central Illinois,
8 Tina worked in retail management in the late 1980s and early
9 1990s before discovering her love for children; she married
10 Doug Pinkham in 1991 and had a daughter, Lucianne, in 1996; a
11 move took them to the Indianapolis area, and she became
12 involved in many early childhood organizations; in addition to
13 teaching in her church ministry, she also served as Secretary
14 on the board of directors for HEAR Indiana (a non-profit
15 organization for families of children with hearing
16 impairments) and for the Women's Philanthropical Organization
17 Tri Kappa; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Indiana is where Mrs. Pinkham gained her early
19 childhood education and received a Child Development
20 Associate; after she moved back to Farmer City to be closer to
21 family in 2002, she founded First School, Inc., in Mahomet; she
22 teaches a preschool classroom on a Montessori based curriculum;
23 she is awaiting training certification from the North American
24 Montessori Association for a Montessori teaching certificate,
25 and she is enrolled at Parkland College to further expand her
26 education; therefore, be it
 
27     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we congratulate Tina Pinkham on being named the Illinois Child
30 Care Association/PSO Teacher of the Year; and be it further
 
31     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

HR0272 - 2 - LRB094 11826 HSS 44165 r

1 presented to Ms. Pinkham as an expression of our respect and
2 esteem.