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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the
3 Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate
4 Katherine Harris of Chicago on the occasion of her retirement
5 from the Chicago Public Schools after 36 years of service; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Katherine Harris was born in Goodman,
7 Mississippi; she grew up in Chicago, where she was raised by
8 her parents, Wilbert and Willie Ree Wadlington; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Katherine Harris attended Beale Upper Grade
10 Center and Phillips High School; she attended Chicago State
11 University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Home
12 Economics and master's degrees in Occupational/Vocational
13 Education, Special Education, and Administration and
14 Supervision; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Katherine Harris began her teaching career at
16 Barnard School in 1971; during her career she has been a 3rd
17 grade teacher, a high school Home Economics teacher, a Resource
18 Teacher and Coordinator of the Parent/Community Program, a
19 teacher and administrator at the Urban Youth Alternative High
20 School, a coordinator for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools
21 program, a coordinator for various instructional programs, a
22 coordinator for the Retired Teachers Program, an administrator

 

 

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1 for Region 5, and a Management Support Director for Area 11;
2 she became a CPS administrator in 1993; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Katherine Harris is a member of the Alpha Kappa
4 Alpha Sorority, Inc., Theta Omega Chapter; she is also a member
5 of the Covenant Faith Church of God; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Katherine Harris has been married to William
7 Harris, Sr. for 37 years; she has two children, Karen and
8 William Jr.; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 congratulate Katherine Harris on her retirement and wish her
12 continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
13 further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Katherine Harris as a symbol of our esteem and
16 respect.