Full Text of HR1176 93rd General Assembly
HR1176 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The faculty, staff, and students of Perspectives | 3 |
| Charter School are celebrating the School's opening at its new | 4 |
| location at 1930 South Archer in Chicago; designed by the | 5 |
| world-renowned architect Ralph Johnson of Perkins and Will, the | 6 |
| bright angular building exemplifies the soaring vision of | 7 |
| Perspectives; and
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| WHEREAS, Perspectives Charter School was designed in the | 9 |
| small school tradition by teachers Kim Day and Diana | 10 |
| Shulla-Cose; after teaching for many years in the Chicago | 11 |
| Public Schools, both shared the desire to create a better | 12 |
| learning environment for the urban student; their vision for | 13 |
| Perspectives was grounded in basic beliefs about what students | 14 |
| in Chicago deserve from a public education system; Kim and | 15 |
| Diana wanted to create a school of high expectations, a school | 16 |
| where students are challenged, a school where students feel | 17 |
| safe, a school with a family-like atmosphere, and a school that | 18 |
| students, parents, and faculty could call their own; and
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| WHEREAS, The Perspectives Charter School is an agent of | 20 |
| social change and progress for urban students in Chicago; the | 21 |
| vision is to create a school of choice that satisfies the needs | 22 |
| of parents who wish to educate their children to meet the | 23 |
| challenges of a changing world through academic rigor and a | 24 |
| disciplined life; Perspectives will help students further | 25 |
| become intellectually reflective, caring, and ethical people | 26 |
| en route to a lifetime of meaningful work; and
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| WHEREAS, Perspectives' vision is to have the entire senior | 28 |
| class graduate and to have all of their students attend college | 29 |
| or technical school; the faculty and staff believes that they | 30 |
| can educate their students to be knowledgeable workers for the | 31 |
| 21st century; and
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| WHEREAS, This vision began to take shape in 1993 as a | 2 |
| "school within a school" serving 45 students; the co-founders | 3 |
| believed strongly in the advantages of a small school; a small | 4 |
| school environment would offer students more personal | 5 |
| attention and give them a sense of individual importance and | 6 |
| belonging; it would afford teachers a greater opportunity to | 7 |
| provide guidance, resources, and one-on-one time to students; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, the school found a new home just south of | 10 |
| the Loop and working with Chicago Public Schools, Perspectives | 11 |
| had secured a lease at 1915 S. Federal for two years while a | 12 |
| permanent facility was built next door; and
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| WHEREAS, Perspectives is achieving great success; for the | 14 |
| past three years, more than 95% of the senior class has | 15 |
| graduated and continued on to college; in the past two years, | 16 |
| four students have been awarded the prestigious Posse | 17 |
| Foundation scholarship, in which students received $100,000 to | 18 |
| attend college; Perspectives students continue to be accepted | 19 |
| at more competitive schools including Sara Lawrence | 20 |
| University, Penn State, University of Michigan, and the | 21 |
| University of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Perspectives has received both national and local | 23 |
| attention as a model of successful public urban education; both | 24 |
| Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Public School's CEO Arne | 25 |
| Duncan have publicly acknowledged Perspectives; most recently, | 26 |
| Perspectives was featured in Chicago Magazine, The Chicago | 27 |
| Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, on | 28 |
| National Public Radio, and on Channel 5 news for its academic | 29 |
| success and innovation; and
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| WHEREAS, Perspectives has become a model for urban | 31 |
| education, given new meaning to quality education in public | 32 |
| schools, and is proving that public education works and works |
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| well; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate Perspectives Charter School in the opening of its | 5 |
| new location, and we wish the faculty and staff continued | 6 |
| success in their endeavor of providing quality education; and | 7 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Perspectives Charter School as an expression of | 10 |
| our esteem.
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