Bill Text: IL HR0929 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Marricea Page on being selected as one of the 10 finalists for the 2021 Teacher of the Year Award by the Illinois State Board of Education. Further commends her for her dedication to her students and her community-oriented service to Peoria's youth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0929 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0929-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Marricea Page on being | ||||||
| 4 | selected as one of the 10 finalists for the 2021 Teacher of the | ||||||
| 5 | Year Award by the Illinois State Board of Education; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Marricea Page is a fourth-grade teacher at Dr. | ||||||
| 7 | Maude A. Sanders Primary School; she has taught at Dr. Maude A. | ||||||
| 8 | Sanders Primary School since 2011; previously, she worked as an | ||||||
| 9 | English teacher at Trewyn School in the Peoria Public School | ||||||
| 10 | District; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Marricea Page earned her Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
| 12 | Elementary Education from Bradley University; she earned her | ||||||
| 13 | Master of Education from both Concordia University and Indiana | ||||||
| 14 | Wesleyan University; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Marricea Page's inspiration to become an educator | ||||||
| 16 | came from two teachers, her aunt and Mrs. Linda Wagner; her | ||||||
| 17 | aunt, a teacher for a school district in East Louis, gave her | ||||||
| 18 | the opportunity to serve as a summer school teaching assistant, | ||||||
| 19 | an experience that developed her love for helping and teaching | ||||||
| 20 | others; her elementary school teacher Mrs. Linda Wagner, a | ||||||
| 21 | Peoria Public School teacher, made her students feel important | ||||||
| 22 | and welcomed in her classroom; she strives to make every | ||||||
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| 1 | student feel welcome, important, and loved in her classroom; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Marricea Page was recognized for being a Grow Your | ||||||
| 4 | Own mentor and worked extensively to provide mentoring, | ||||||
| 5 | professional development, and support to colleagues throughout | ||||||
| 6 | Peoria Public Schools; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Marricea Page strives to make every student feel | ||||||
| 8 | welcome, important, and loved in her classroom; she uses the | ||||||
| 9 | whole child approach in her teaching, focusing on the | ||||||
| 10 | social-emotional needs as well as the academic needs of her | ||||||
| 11 | students; her teaching style is unique because she creates | ||||||
| 12 | coursework that is exciting and relatable to students; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Marricea Page was selected for the 20-county | ||||||
| 14 | regional Board of Education Teacher of the Year Award 2020 for | ||||||
| 15 | West-Central Illinois; she was named Peoria Public School's | ||||||
| 16 | Donald M. Phares Classroom Teacher of the Year 2020 in August; | ||||||
| 17 | therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we congratulate Marricea Page on being selected as one of the | ||||||
| 21 | 10 finalists for the 2021 Teacher of the Year Award by the | ||||||
| 22 | Illinois State Board of Education, and we commend her for her | ||||||
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| 1 | dedication to her students and her community-oriented service | ||||||
| 2 | to Peoria's youth; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Marricea Page as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 5 | respect.
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