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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Central School in Des Plaines will celebrate its
3 100th anniversary this year; and
 
4     WHEREAS, In 1906 the original four-room school building was
5 located at Thacker and Center Streets in Des Plaines; the
6 school's former name was South Division School; during its
7 first year, 150 students were enrolled in four grades, the
8 first through the fourth grades; it was renamed Central School
9 in 1928; and
 
10     WHEREAS, In 1961, the school opened at its present location
11 at 1526 Thacker Street with a booming enrollment of nearly 500
12 students in seven grades, Kindergarten through the sixth grade;
13 now in its Centennial Celebration Year, 235 students are
14 enrolled in six grades, Kindergarten through the fifth grade;
15 and
 
16     WHEREAS, Today, Central School maintains its commitment to
17 the highest standards of education; its staff educates students
18 in partnership with the students and their families, the school
19 system, and the community; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Central School develops student literacy in
21 communications, technology, the sciences, mathematics, foreign
22 language, fine arts, health, and physical education; it creates
23 a safe learning environment in which diversity is welcomed and
24 respected; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Central School enables students to become
26 responsible citizens with life skills which they will use in
27 their adult roles at home, in the workplace, and in the
28 community; and
 
29     WHEREAS, Central School is one of eleven schools in

 

 

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1 Community Consolidated School District 62; the current
2 leadership consists of Mrs. Brenda Murphy, President of the
3 Board of Education, Dr. Jane Westerhold, Superintendent of
4 Schools, and Mr. Robert Kaszniak, Principal; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we recognize the 100th anniversary of Central School in Des
8 Plaines; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Central School and to Community Consolidated
11 School District 62 as an expression of our esteem.