Full Text of HR0354 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Marie Kay Bockhaus | 4 | | on her retirement as Principal of St. Joseph School in Aurora; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She was born on March 6, 1939, in Rhinelander, | 7 | | Wisconsin, to Roy and Edna Bockhaus; she went to grade school | 8 | | at St. Mary's, then Rhinelander Junior High for 9th grade, and | 9 | | graduated from Rhinelander High School in 1957; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1957, she entered Holy Family Convent in | 11 | | Manitowoc, Wisconsin, as a postulant, began her college | 12 | | education, and then took a year off; she professed her first | 13 | | vows in 1959 and returned to college; in the 1961-62 school | 14 | | year, she began to teach in Algoma, Wisconsin at St. Mary's; in | 15 | | 1965, she was assigned to Holy Innocents School in Manitowoc | 16 | | where she taught 5th grade for two years; during this time, she | 17 | | went to school in the summer and earned her Bachelor of Arts | 18 | | degree in 1966 with a major in biology and a minor in English; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Her next assignment was teaching in Santa Barbara, | 21 | | California, at San Roque School for 2 years; she began teaching | 22 | | fifth grade at St. Joseph School in Aurora in the 1968-1969 |
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| 1 | | school year, and then moved to teaching 8th grade in the middle | 2 | | of the year; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, She attended Northern Illinois University for her | 4 | | Master's in elementary education in 1975; in 1983, Sister Mary | 5 | | Catherine Daly nominated her for the Miriam Joseph Ferrell | 6 | | award for distinguished teaching and she received her award at | 7 | | the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. in 1983; that same | 8 | | year she was honored as the Kane County Parochial Teacher of | 9 | | the Year; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, She later joined Phi Delta Kappa, a fraternal | 11 | | organization for educators sponsored at that time by Northern | 12 | | Illinois University, becoming involved in officer positions | 13 | | from foundation chair to President; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1997, Monsignor Barr asked her to be principal | 15 | | at St. Joseph; she earned her Master's in Administration with a | 16 | | 75 Certificate for Administrators in Illinois in 2000; she has | 17 | | taught and served at St. Joseph for 43 years; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Marie Kay Bockhaus on her retirement in | 21 | | education and wish her the best for years to come; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Marie Kay Bockhaus as a symbol of our respect and | 3 | | esteem.
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