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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Fox River Grove School District 3 serves
3middle-school students in Fox River Grove and their families;
4one of their teachers, Jane Szybowicz, has taught fifth-graders
5here since 1996; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
7is a non-profit, private-sector advocacy group that conducts an
8ongoing search for enthusiastic and innovative ways to teach
9history to students throughout the United States; and
 
10    WHEREAS, For 19 years, Jane Szybowicz has worked tirelessly
11to maintain and improve her professional work as a teacher,
12attending many conferences, seminars, and colloquiums where
13she participates in presentations by other high-level
14educators and discusses her work; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The reputation of Jane Szybowicz has grown among
16her fellow teachers, her students, and the families of her
17students because of her obvious enthusiasm for telling stories
18to her pupils and showing how these stories fit into greater
19stories, such as the greater story that is American history;
20and
 
21    WHEREAS, In May of 2015, Jane Szybowicz learned that she

 

 

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1had been honored by the Lehrman Institute as the 2015 Illinois
2History Teacher of the Year; and
 
3    WHEREAS, As the 2015 Illinois History Teacher of the Year,
4Jane Szybowicz will now be a candidate for the award of
5National History Teacher of the Year, to be awarded later in
62015; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9congratulate Jane Szybowicz on the occasion of being honored as
10the 2015 Illinois History Teacher of the Year and wish her well
11as she continues her career; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That we know that the honor given to Jane
13Szybowicz also honors her students and their families, who have
14worked with her to be part of the bigger story that is Fox
15River Grove Eagle Pride; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
17presented to Jane Szybowicz, Dr. Tim Mahaffy, Superintendent of
18Fox River Grove School District 3, and Devin Bright, President
19of the Fox River Grove School District 3 Board of Education.