Senate Resolution 133 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                      BY  DANIELSON
  1  3 A Resolution honoring J.H. Peet Junior High School in
  1  4    Cedar Falls, Iowa, for becoming a 2005=2006 Blue
  1  5    Ribbon School.
  1  6    WHEREAS, in 2001 President Bush proposed and the
  1  7 United States Congress enacted the No Child Left
  1  8 Behind Act; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, to reward successful schools, the U.S.
  1 10 Department of Education established the No Child Left
  1 11 Behind=Blue Ribbon Schools Program to honor those
  1 12 elementary and secondary schools in the United States
  1 13 that make significant progress in closing the
  1 14 achievement gap or whose students achieve at very high
  1 15 levels; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes
  1 17 schools, regardless of demographics, that are in the
  1 18 top 10 percent of schools as measured by state tests
  1 19 in both reading and mathematics; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, students at J.H. Peet Junior High School
  1 21 achieved all=time=high levels of proficiency in 2004=
  1 22 2005 as measured by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills;
  1 23 and
  1 24    WHEREAS, students at Peet had an average reading
  1 25 proficiency of 87.7 percent, an average math
  1 26 proficiency of 91.4 percent, and an average science
  1 27 proficiency of 97.8 percent; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, Peet's special programs subgroup and
  1 29 socioeconomic subgroup achieved between 70 percent and
  1 30 100 percent proficiency in all areas; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, Peet was one of only five schools
  2  2 nominated by the State of Iowa to be honored at a
  2  3 ceremony in Washington, D.C.; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, the recognition of J.H. Peet Junior High
  2  5 School as a Blue Ribbon School is the result of work
  2  6 by 500 students, their parents, their teachers, and
  2  7 their community; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  8    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  9 commends and applauds J.H. Peet Junior High School and
  2 10 its students, parents, and teachers on this remarkable
  2 11 achievement.
  2 12 LSB 6437SS 81
  2 13 jr:nh/gg/14