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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the staff and
4 students of Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein on the
5 occasion of being selected as a No Child Left Behind Blue
6 Ribbon School for 2007 by the U.S. Department of Education on
7 October 2, 2007; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools
9 Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high
10 schools that are either academically superior in their states
11 or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to
12 high levels; the program only qualifies schools that score in
13 the top 10 percent in the nation on nationally-normed
14 standardized tests and have at least 40 percent of their
15 students from disadvantaged backgrounds; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Carmel Catholic High School is the only high
17 school in Illinois and one of only three Catholic high schools
18 in the country to be selected as a No Child Left Behind Blue
19 Ribbon School in 2007; the school has been named a Blue Ribbon
20 School 4 times; Carmel Catholic is one of only 5 high schools
21 nationwide to win the Blue Ribbon School award four times,
22 having achieved this prestigious designation in 1985, 1996,
23 2002, and 2007; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Carmel Catholic High School will be among the
2 schools honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC on November 12
3 and 13, 2007; the school will receive a plaque and a flag that
4 signifies their No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School status;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, The achievement of such a prestigious education
7 award makes the staff and students of Carmel Catholic High
8 School models of academic achievement to the citizens of the
9 State of Illinois and the United States; therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12 congratulate the staff and students of Carmel Catholic High
13 School in Mundelein on the occasion of being selected as a No
14 Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School for 2007 and wish them
15 continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
16 further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to Carmel Catholic High School principal Robert C.
19 Carroll as a symbol of our esteem and respect.