Senate Journal: Page 1264: Wednesday, April 15, 1998

  15  members of which write and perform nationally on
  16  diversity-related topics; and
  17     WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines seeks out students who are
  18  academically or personally at-risk, encouraging the
  19  students to join the drama program as a means to build
  20  self-esteem, and as a result of her efforts, more
  21  students are enrolled in the East High School drama
  22  program than are enrolled in any other Des Moines high
  23  school drama program; and
  24     WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines believes that teaching is an
  25  art form and daily crafts an atmosphere where each
  26  student can achieve their full potential; and
  27     WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines has been an activist for
  28  cultural and racial understanding, creating both a
  29  student and a teacher "leadership council" and
  30  conducting numerous workshops for fellow teachers on

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  1  the issues of cultural awareness and diversity; and
  2     WHEREAS, Ms. Gaines was nominated for Teacher of
  3  the Year by the Principal of East High School and was
  4  selected for the award by a panel of judges composed
  5  of representatives from the Iowa Department of
  6  Education, the Iowa State Education Association, the
  7  School Administrators of Iowa, the Parent Teacher
  8  Association, and other professionals; and
  9     WHEREAS, as Iowa's Teacher of the Year, Ms. Gaines
  10  is granted a one-year sabbatical to visit schools and
  11  speak to community groups as Iowa's Ambassador for
  12  Education during the 1998-1999 school year; and
  13     WHEREAS, educators representing 14 national
  14  education organizations nationally selected Ms.
  15  Gaines from among the teachers of the year in each of
  16  the 50 states to be one of four finalists for 1998
  17  National Teacher of the Year, to be announced in April
  18  1998 by the President of the United States; NOW
  19  THEREFORE,
  20     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  21  honors Ms. Ruth Ann Gaines of East High School in Des
  22  Moines for her exemplary work in education, applauds
  23  her efforts and achievements in bringing out the best
  24  in East High School's students, and congratulates her
  25  for her outstanding accomplishment in being named the
  26  Iowa Teacher of the Year for 1998.
  27     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
  28  this Resolution be prepared for presentation to Ms.
  29  Ruth Ann Gaines,

  with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
  consideration.

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