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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Board of Education for Harvey Public Schools | ||||||
| 3 | District 152 has adopted the policy of naming its schools, | ||||||
| 4 | whenever practicable, after worthy and well-known poets; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, | ||||||
| 6 | 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, learned early in life the lessons | ||||||
| 7 | of respect, pride, loyalty, and humanitarianism, attributes | ||||||
| 8 | that she continued to demonstrate throughout her life; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou was an accomplished author, poet, | ||||||
| 10 | actress, singer, producer, educator, historian, filmmaker, and | ||||||
| 11 | civil rights activist; nurtured by discipline and hard work, | ||||||
| 12 | she successfully found recognition from her colleagues as well | ||||||
| 13 | as national acclaim; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou served on 2 presidential committees | ||||||
| 15 | and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000 and the | ||||||
| 16 | Lincoln Medal in 2008; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou received the highest civilian honor, | ||||||
| 18 | the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President Barack Obama | ||||||
| 19 | in 2010; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou was presented the Literary Arts Award | ||||||
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| 1 | by First Lady Michelle Obama at the BET Honors ceremony in | ||||||
| 2 | Washington, D.C. in 2012; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou received over 50 honorary degrees; | ||||||
| 4 | she also served as a Reynolds Professor of American Studies at | ||||||
| 5 | Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou fashioned her life around many of the | ||||||
| 7 | values that Harvey Public Schools District 152 incorporated | ||||||
| 8 | into its Mission Statement, including academic excellence, | ||||||
| 9 | leadership, skillful decision-making, respect for others and | ||||||
| 10 | self, giving your best effort, honesty, personal empowerment, | ||||||
| 11 | cultural appreciation, and joy of learning; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, The Maya Angelou Elementary School in Harvey is | ||||||
| 13 | the only school named after Maya Angelou in the State of | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois; the school will educate children with the skills they | ||||||
| 15 | need to face the future, as well as the values that were so | ||||||
| 16 | intrinsic in this fiercely proud and humble woman; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In her presence on September 22, 1995, Maya | ||||||
| 18 | Angelou Elementary School was dedicated in her name; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Maya Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014 at her | ||||||
| 20 | home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we proudly rededicate the Maya Angelou Elementary School in | ||||||
| 4 | Harvey in honor of Maya Angelou and her legacy; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Harvey Public Schools District 152.
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