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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the staff,
4students, and faculty of the University of Illinois Laboratory
5High School in Urbana (Uni High School) on being ranked among
6the top 1,000 public high schools in the country by Newsweek
7magazine and The Daily Beast; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Laboratory High School
9in Urbana (Uni High School) is a public high school on the
10University of Illinois campus with selective admissions;
11students apply by submitting an application, SSAT (Secondary
12Schools Admission Test) scores, recommendations, and more; the
13school has students in grades 9 through 12, plus a combined
14"subfreshman" 7th and 8th grade class; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Uni High School ranked highest among high schools
16outside of the Chicago metro region; Uni ranked high nationally
17in college-preparatory exam scores; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The average SAT score for Uni High was 2045,
19putting the school in 10th place nationally for that category;
20the average ACT at Uni was 31; Uni tied for sixth place
21nationally for ACT scores; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate everyone involved at the University of Illinois
4Laboratory High School on receiving this ranking; and be it
5further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Dr. Jeff Walkington, Director of the University of
8Illinois Laboratory High School, as a symbol of our respect and
9esteem.