A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Greenville charter Technical High School UPON THE OCCASION OF ITS twenty-fifth ANNIVERSARY AND TO COMMEND its administrators and staff FOR their MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE greenville county COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are pleased to recognize Greenville Charter Technical High School as it celebrates this important milestone; and

Whereas, an award-winning middle college in the center of the Greenville community, this free public charter school was established in partnership with Greenville Technical College; and

Whereas, students enter Greenville Charter Technical High School on a non-merit-based lottery and are provided the opportunity to take college classes for a minimal cost on the Greenville Technical College campus. The school provides student textbooks and offers personalized support through mastery learning, a comprehensive college and career readiness program, a looping advisory and guidance system, and academic interventions; and

Whereas, over half of the school's students graduate with twenty-four or more college credits, including many students each year who earn their Associates of Art and Associates of Science degrees; and

Whereas, the school is the first in the nation to be awarded the Palmetto's Finest Award (2008) and the National Blue Ribbon of Excellence (2010). They were recently the first in the State to be named a national model charter school by the Building Hope Foundation. The school is also the first in the State to offer a pilot pathway for students using the AOPA curriculum; and

Whereas, the school's student population has a forty-one percent diversity rate. Fourteen percent of students are first-generation United States citizens and forty-five countries are represented among the population. The school has consistently been rated Excellent on the SC State Report Card with top scores on all standardized tests and a hundred percent graduation rate the last two years; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate greatly appreciate the dedication and commitment of Greenville Technical Charter High School to serving the people and the State of South Carolina.  Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Greenville Technical Charter High School upon the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary and commend its administrators and staff for their many years of dedicated service to the Greenville community and the people and the State of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Principal Mary Nell Anthony and the administration and staff of Greenville Technical Charter High School.

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