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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Individuals who devote their careers to the
3 education of our children are worthy of our greatest respect
4 and esteem; and
 
5     WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Marietta Skyles
6 Beverly is retiring after a long career with the Chicago Public
7 Schools; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Ms. Beverly is a native of Chicago and a product
9 of the Chicago Public Schools; she is a graduate of the
10 University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor of Science in
11 Elementary Education and Chicago State University with a
12 masters degree in teaching socially disadvantaged children;
13 she has completed advanced graduate work in guidance and
14 counseling and administration and supervision; and
 
15     WHEREAS, In her professional life, she has worked as a
16 teacher and a guidance counselor; in January of 1989, Ms.
17 Beverly became Principal of Michele Clark Middle School; during
18 her tenure as principal, she was instrumental in improving the
19 learning climate at the school and students moved from 9.7%
20 achieving at and above grade level to over 32.1% when she left
21 in 2001; she restructured the educational program, returning
22 Clark Middle to a true middle school, living up to its
23 reputation as the "Jewel of the West Side"; and
 
24     WHEREAS, In 2001, she was promoted to Region Education
25 Officer for the Chicago Board of Education's 91 schools in
26 Region 3; in 2002, she was appointed Area Instruction Officer
27 for Area 9 of Chicago's 24 instructional areas; she has also
28 served as an adjunct professor at DePaul University, teaching
29 the philosophy and psychology of middle level education; and
 
30     WHEREAS, She has been recognized for her work with the

 

 

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1 "Educator of the Year" Award in 1991 from the Northeastern
2 University Branch of Phi Delta Kappa; the Principal of
3 Excellence Award from the General Superintendent of the Chicago
4 Public Schools in 1993, 1994, and 1995; the 1998 Outstanding
5 Principal School Leadership Award from the Chicago Principals
6 and Administrators Association and the Chicago Public Schools;
7 the Austin Civic Award for Educational Leader from the Austin
8 News in 1999; and the Outstanding Service Award from the 100
9 Black Men of Chicago in 2000; she was honored by her faculty
10 and staff in 1999 with the "Simply The Best Award"; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Ms. Beverly has served in numerous professional
12 and civic organizations; she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta
13 Sorority and St. James Lutheran Church, which was founded by
14 her pioneer father, the Rev. Robbin W. Skyles III, where she is
15 the church soloist, choir director, and a former 12-year Church
16 Council member; and
 
17     WHEREAS, She is especially proud of her daughters, Kathryn,
18 a graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D.C.,
19 and the University of Virginia School of Law, and Susan, a
20 graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C.; therefore,
21 be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we congratulate Ms. Marietta Skyles Beverly on the occasion of
25 her retirement, and we thank her for a job well done; and be it
26 further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem and
29 with our gratitude for her service to the children of Illinois.