Bill Text: DE HCR30 | 2009-2010 | 145th General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: Commending Mary E. Pinkston For Being Selected Delaware's State Teacher Of The Year For 2010 And Commending Each School District's Teacher Of The Year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-25 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT [HCR30 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2009-HCR30-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. Schooley on behalf of all Representatives & Sen. Sokola, on behalf of all Senators

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

145th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 30

COMMENDING MARY E. PINKSTON FOR BEING SELECTED DELAWARE'S STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2010 AND COMMENDING EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

WHEREAS, nearly 8,874 teachers work each day with approximately 126,800 children who attend 204 Delaware public schools in 19 school districts and Charter Schools; and

WHEREAS, teachers strive for excellence in their profession when they know that the community supports them and appreciates their efforts on behalf of our children; and

WHEREAS, the Teacher of the Year program identifies school and district representatives who embody the best qualities of all Delaware teachers; and

WHEREAS, the Delaware State Teacher of the Year is chosen annually for possessing a superior ability to inspire and nurture students with a love of learning and for having won the admiration of fellow teachers, school administrators, and the parents of students; and

WHEREAS, Mary E. Pinkston of Brandywine High School in the Brandywine School District has been named the Delaware State Teacher of the Year for 2010 as part of the National Teacher of the Year program, the oldest and most prestigious award program that focuses public attention on excellence in teaching; and

WHEREAS, each of the other eighteen school districts and Charter Schools have chosen a 2010 District Teacher of the Year, namely:

Appoquinimink School District: Tracy Taylor Calhoun

Caesar Rodney School District:Kathy A. DeLong

Cape Henlopen School District: Kellyann Palladino-Ranieri

Capital School District: Amy Bowen

Christina School District: Andrew Beadenkopf

Colonial School District: Dawn E. Alexander

Delmar School District:Christy Parsons

Indian River School District: Heather S. Moore

Lake Forest School District:Karen D. Williams

Laurel School District:Andrea M. Sullenberger

Milford School District: Tommi Barrett-Greenly

New Castle County Vo Tech School District: Patricia T. Creveling

Pencader Business & Finance Charter High School:Jenny L. Aunet

POLYTECH School District:Brenda Porter

Red Clay Consolidated School District:Natalie M. Brancati

Seaford School District: Mary Katharine Baldwin

Smyrna School District: Liliane S. Hemphill

Sussex Technical School District: Valarie Day

Woodbridge School District:Ginger Brown

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 145th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the members hereby commend Mary E. Pinkston for her well-deserved designation as the 2010 Delaware State Teacher of the Year.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the entire membership of the Delaware General Assembly hereby extend heartfelt thanks to Mary E. Pinkston, Delaware State Teacher of the Year, and to each of her fellow District Teachers of the Year for 2010 for their many contributions to the betterment of education in Delaware.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon passage, a suitably prepared and duly authenticated copy of this House Concurrent Resolution be presented to Mary E. Pinkston and each School District's Teacher of the Year.

SYNOPSIS

This concurrent resolution commends Mary E. Pinkston for being selected Delaware's State Teacher of the Year for 2010 and congratulates each School District's 2010 Teacher of the Year.