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92_HR0946
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in
4 the lives of Illinois' citizens; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Jane Atlas
6 Schwalbach is retiring after a distinguished 33-year career
7 at New Trier High School; and
8 WHEREAS, Jane Schwalbach received her B.A. in English and
9 Secondary Education from the College of Liberal Arts and
10 Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
11 1968, and her M.A. in English from the University of Chicago
12 in 1969; and
13 WHEREAS, Jane Schwalbach began her career at New Trier
14 West High School in 1969, where she taught English and
15 English history for 16 years; she moved to New Trier East in
16 1986, where she taught another 16 years before concluding her
17 career at the newly-opened New Trier Northfield in 2001; and
18 WHEREAS, During her career, Jane Schwalbach sponsored
19 Folio, New Trier West's literary magazine and chaired many
20 important initiatives including the Writing Across the
21 Curriculum Committee, International Baccalaureate Study
22 Committee, and others; in addition, she sponsored the
23 Interact Club; and
24 WHEREAS, Jane Schwalbach has demonstrated a life-long
25 love of learning by attending workshops, seminars, and
26 university courses every summer throughout her career,
27 including Renaissance Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,
28 Archeology at the Oriental Institute, African Art and
29 Artifacts at the Field Museum, Biography and Legend at
30 Northwestern University, India and China at the University of
31 Chicago, Media Literacy at Harvard University, and American
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1 art at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and
2 WHEREAS, Jane Schwalbach's passion for scholarship
3 resulted in her designation as a Fulbright Scholar, which
4 enabled her to study in India in 1997; and
5 WHEREAS, Jane Schwalbach received the 2001 Outstanding
6 Teacher Award from the University of California, San Diego;
7 she was nominated for the Outstanding Teacher Award from the
8 University of Chicago in 1997, received the special
9 achievement award from the One-To-One Learning Center in
10 1996, and has made numerous presentations to the National
11 Council of Teachers of English; and
12 WHEREAS, Jane Schwalbach has two daughters, Rebecca and
13 Margaret; therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16 we congratulate Jane Atlas Schwalbach on her retirement after
17 a 33-year teaching career at New Trier High School and honor
18 her for her distinguished career in educating children of the
19 State of Illinois; and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to Jane Atlas Schwalbach as an expression of our
22 esteem.