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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY SZYMONIAK
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 4412HH BY FALLON)
1 4 A Senate Resolution congratulating Ms. Ruth Ann Gaines
1 5 for being named the Iowa Teacher of the Year for 1998.
1 6 WHEREAS, Ms. Ruth Ann Gaines earned her
1 7 undergraduate degree from Clark College in Dubuque and
1 8 her master's degree from the University of California
1 9 at Santa Barbara; and
1 10 WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines has worked as a drama teacher
1 11 at East High School in Des Moines for 27 years; and
1 12 WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines created a high school mime
1 13 troupe "Scarlet Vibrations" and an award-winning
1 14 performance group "Voices of Change," the student
1 15 members of which write and perform nationally on
1 16 diversity-related topics; and
1 17 WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines seeks out students who are
1 18 academically or personally at-risk, encouraging the
1 19 students to join the drama program as a means to build
1 20 self-esteem, and as a result of her efforts, more
1 21 students are enrolled in the East High School drama
1 22 program than are enrolled in any other Des Moines high
1 23 school drama program; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines believes that teaching is an
1 25 art form and daily crafts an atmosphere where each
1 26 student can achieve their full potential; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines has been an activist for
1 28 cultural and racial understanding, creating both a
1 29 student and a teacher "leadership council" and
1 30 conducting numerous workshops for fellow teachers on
2 1 the issues of cultural awareness and diversity; and
2 2 WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines was nominated for Teacher of
2 3 the Year by the Principal of East High School and was
2 4 selected for the award by a panel of judges composed
2 5 of representatives from the Iowa Department of
2 6 Education, the Iowa State Education Association, the
2 7 School Administrators of Iowa, the Parent Teacher
2 8 Association, and other professionals; and
2 9 WHEREAS, as Iowa's Teacher of the Year, Ms. Gaines
2 10 is granted a one-year sabbatical to visit schools and
2 11 speak to community groups as Iowa's Ambassador for
2 12 Education during the 1998-1999 school year; and
2 13 WHEREAS, educators representing 14 national
2 14 education organizations nationally selected Ms.
2 15 Gaines from among the teachers of the year in each of
2 16 the 50 states to be one of four finalists for 1998
2 17 National Teacher of the Year, to be announced in April
2 18 1998 by the President of the United States; NOW
2 19 THEREFORE,
2 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 21 honors Ms. Ruth Ann Gaines of East High School in Des
2 22 Moines for her exemplary work in education, applauds
2 23 her efforts and achievements in bringing out the best
2 24 in East High School's students, and congratulates her
2 25 for her outstanding accomplishment in being named the
2 26 Iowa Teacher of the Year for 1998.
2 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
2 28 this Resolution be prepared for presentation to Ms.
2 29 Ruth Ann Gaines.
2 30 LSB 4412SS 77
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