HR0805 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate the staff and students of Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein on the occasion of being selected as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School for 2007 by the U.S. Department of Education on October 2, 2007; and

WHEREAS, The No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools that are either academically superior in their states or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high levels; the program only qualifies schools that score in the top 10 percent in the nation on nationally-normed standardized tests and have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds; and

WHEREAS, Carmel Catholic High School is the only high school in Illinois and one of only three Catholic high schools in the country to be selected as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School in 2007; the school has been named a Blue Ribbon School 4 times; Carmel Catholic is one of only 5 high schools nationwide to win the Blue Ribbon School award four times, having achieved this prestigious designation in 1985, 1996, 2002, and 2007; and

WHEREAS, Carmel Catholic High School will be among the schools honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC on November 12 and 13, 2007; the school will receive a plaque and a flag that signifies their No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School status; and

WHEREAS, The achievement of such a prestigious education award makes the staff and students of Carmel Catholic High School models of academic achievement to the citizens of the State of Illinois and the United States; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the staff and students of Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein on the occasion of being selected as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School for 2007 and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Carmel Catholic High School principal Robert C. Carroll as a symbol of our esteem and respect.