Full Text of HR1317 095th General Assembly
HR1317 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Brooke Tippett | 4 |
| Thompson on the occasion of winning a Golden Apple Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Brooke Tippett Thompson is a graduate of Houston's | 6 |
| High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; as an | 7 |
| undergraduate at Ohio Wesleyan University, she was a vocal | 8 |
| performance major with an emphasis in opera and art song; she | 9 |
| attended Northeastern Illinois University where her private | 10 |
| voice teacher, Ronald Combs, was a professor; during her | 11 |
| graduate studies, her graduate assistantship was the music | 12 |
| department tutor for all non-music majors who were required to | 13 |
| take a general music course; this assistantship opened up a | 14 |
| whole other side of music for her as she realized that she had | 15 |
| a talent for communicating her love of music to others; after | 16 |
| staying for an extra year to become certified to teach, she | 17 |
| began working at Peirce School, where she remained ever since; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, Brooke Tippett Thompson achieved | 20 |
| National Board Certification from the National Board for | 21 |
| Professional Teaching Standards and now mentors other | 22 |
| teacher-candidates through the process; she also works with the | 23 |
| Educational Testing Service and National Board for |
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| Professional Teaching Standards as a trainer in the assessment | 2 |
| process during the summer; and
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| WHEREAS, Brooke Tippett Thompson has served as a | 4 |
| kindergarten through 8th grade general music and choir teacher | 5 |
| at Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies since 1998; | 6 |
| prior to becoming a teacher, she worked at the North Lakeside | 7 |
| Cultural Center and in development for the People's Music | 8 |
| School; and
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| WHEREAS, Brooke Tippett Thompson was nominated for the | 10 |
| Golden Apple Award by dozens of students, parents, and fellow | 11 |
| teachers; her classes were observed by numerous officials, who | 12 |
| eventually selected her as one of the 10 best Chicago teachers | 13 |
| out of 850; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, As a result of her deep interest in brain | 15 |
| development and how music affects and enhances learning, Brooke | 16 |
| Tippett Thompson brought a program called Education Through | 17 |
| Music (ETM) to Chicago; now completing its 4th year, ETM is | 18 |
| being used in over 50 classrooms (kindergarten through 8th) | 19 |
| across the Chicago Public Schools and surrounding suburban | 20 |
| areas to stabilize "at risk" students; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Brooke Tippett Thompson has served as the music | 22 |
| director at Edgewater Presbyterian Church since 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, As a winner of the Golden Apple Award, Brooke | 2 |
| Tippett Thompson will receive a tuition-free spring-term | 3 |
| sabbatical at Northwestern University; a personal computer | 4 |
| from IBM; and $3,000, among other prizes; and
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| WHEREAS, Brooke Tippett Thompson serves as a model of hard | 6 |
| work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 7 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| congratulate Brooke Tippett Thompson on the occasion of winning | 11 |
| a Golden Apple Award and wish her continued success and | 12 |
| happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Brooke Tippett Thompson as a symbol of our esteem | 15 |
| and respect.
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