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HR1163 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Andrea Lynne Anderson on
4the occasion of her retirement as Assistant Superintendent of
5Oak Lawn Hometown School District 123; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Andrea Anderson has over 35 years in education;
7from 1979 to 1981, she was the physical education and social
8studies teacher at Lutheran High School in Ft. Lauderdale,
9Florida; from 1983 to 1984, she was the physical education
10teacher at Our Saviour Lutheran in Bronx, New York; from 1984
11to 1989, she was the principal at Lutheran High School in Ft.
12Lauderdale, Florida; from 1990 to 1999, she was the principal
13at Ashburn Lutheran School in Chicago; from 1999 to 2003, she
14was the Assistant Principal of Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School;
15from 2003 to 2010, she was the principal of Oak Lawn Hometown
16High School; and from 2010 to the present, she was Assistant
17Superintendent of Oak Lawn Hometown School District 123; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Some of Andrea Anderson's accomplishments include
19being the sole administrator at smaller parochial schools for
2018 years prior to coming to District 123; participating in
21athletics, fundraising, student trips, transportation, and
22serving as the occasional bus driver; teaching a graduate level
23course in education at Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago;

 

 

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1leading in-service workshops for other educators on the topics
2of: classroom management and student discipline, stress
3management, and teacher evaluation techniques; and leading
4adult study/discussion groups on various issues related to
5parenting; she was granted Illinois Administrators' Academy in
61999; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Andrea Anderson served on the Long Range Plan
8Committee in 1999 for School District 123; she changed the
9focus of the District's educational programming for the upper
10grade students; she volunteers at all of District 123 events
11such as, The Back to School Event, Fun Fair, Parent University,
12and all Make-A-Wish fundraiser events held at the schools; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Andrea Anderson graduated from Lutheran West High
14School in 1975; she received her Bachelor of Arts from
15Concordia College in River Forest in 1979 and Master of Arts in
16School Administration from Florida Atlantic University in Boca
17Raton, Florida; she received her Type 75 Administrative
18Certification in 1999; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Andrea Anderson is planning on retiring in
20Florida, where her adventure in education started, to be close
21to her family; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Andrea Anderson will be missed tremendously by

 

 

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1everyone in the District and her close friends; therefore, be
2it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5congratulate Andrea Lynne Anderson on her retirement as
6Assistant Superintendent of Oak Lawn Hometown School District
7123 and we wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and
8be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to Andrea Anderson as an expression of our esteem and
11respect.