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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Gregory R. Fischer
4 on the naming of a new middle school in Aurora after him; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Gregory R. Fischer Middle School was dedicated on
6 October 25, 2009 in honor of Mr. Fischer, an educator in the
7 Indian Prairie School District 204 for 32 years; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mr. Fischer is credited with leading the
9 district's transition from a traditional junior high school
10 model to the current term-oriented approach to middle schools;
11 the middle school model is a "whole child" approach that
12 stresses the importance of social, emotional, and intellectual
13 growth; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Mr. Fischer retired in 2004; he began his career
15 as a physical education teacher at Indian Plains Grade School
16 and later served as the assistant principal at Waubonsie Valley
17 Junior/Senior High School; he was later named principal at
18 Thayer Hill Jr. High School; in 1987 he was named principal of
19 Gordon Gregory Middle School and served for the next seventeen
20 years; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Gordon Gregory Middle

 

 

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1 School was recognized as an Illinois Horizon School; both
2 Thayer Hill Jr. High School and Gordon Gregory Middle School
3 were named Demonstration Schools by the Association of Illinois
4 Middle-level Schools (AIMS); and in 2003 AIMS recognized Mr.
5 Fischer's dedication and commitment to middle school students
6 and their education by presenting him with the Robert Knight
7 Award for Distinguished Service to Middle Level Education; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Gregory Fischer and his wife, Julie, have two
9 children; their son, Josh, and his wife, Susie, have three
10 children; their daughter, Alison, and her husband, Christian,
11 are expecting their first child soon; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14 congratulate Mr. Fischer on this honor and wish him the best in
15 the future; and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to Mr. Gregory Fischer as a symbol of our respect and
18 esteem.