PRINTER'S NO. 4530
No. 941 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, BEYER, BIANCUCCI, BRENNAN, CREIGHTON,
DALEY, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FLECK, FRANKEL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
HARHART, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON,
JAMES, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MAHER, MAHONEY, MANN, MANTZ,
MARSHALL, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MILLARD, MUNDY,
MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PAYTON, PETRONE,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, REED, ROCK, ROEBUCK,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
STEIL, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WALKO AND WATERS, OCTOBER 8, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 8, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the 12 public and private schools recognized by the
2 Federal Department of Education's No Child Left Behind - Blue
3 Ribbon Schools Program in Pennsylvania.
4 WHEREAS, Since 1982, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Program
5 has honored many of this nation's most successful schools; and
6 WHEREAS, For the past 26 years, this prestigious program has
7 honored more than 5,800 of this nation's most successful
8 schools; and
9 WHEREAS, The NCLB - Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public
10 and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either
11 academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in
12 student achievement; and
13 WHEREAS, One-third of the schools nominated by each state
14 have at least 40% of students from disadvantaged backgrounds who
1 have dramatically improved performance to high levels on state
2 tests; and
3 WHEREAS, The schools that have been honored have students,
4 regardless of background, who scored in the top 10% on state
5 tests, or in the case of private schools, in the top 10% on
6 national tests; and
7 WHEREAS, The 12 schools in this Commonwealth named to the
8 2008 NCLB - Blue Ribbon Schools Program list are: Chadds Ford
9 Elementary School, Harriet Child Elementary School, Conwell
10 Russell Middle School, Home-Center Junior/Senior High School,
11 George A. Ferrell Elementary School, Kingwood Elementary School,
12 George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science,
13 Manchester Academic Charter School, St. Aloysius Academy, St.
14 John the Evangelist School, Seventh Street Elementary School and
15 the South Abington Elementary School; and
16 WHEREAS, The Manchester Academic Charter School is the first
17 charter school in the City of Pittsburgh to be included in this
18 prestigious list; and
19 WHEREAS, The George Washington Carver High School of
20 Engineering and Science in Philadelphia is the only four-year
21 high school to make the list; and
22 WHEREAS, These 12 educational institutions will be honored at
23 a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on October 20 and 21, 2008, when
24 each school will receive a plaque and flag signifying its NCLB -
25 Blue Ribbon School status; and
26 WHEREAS, The NCLB - Blue Ribbon Schools Program sets a high
27 standard that should be a goal for all schools striving for high
28 levels of achievement; therefore be it
29 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the staff,
30 teachers, administrators, parents and students of the 12 public
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1 and private schools that were recognized by the Federal
2 Department of Education's No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon
3 Schools Program in Pennsylvania.
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