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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio |
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celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding during the |
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2014-2015 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, The school was opened in 1964 and named for Oliver |
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Wendell Holmes Jr., associate justice of the United States Supreme |
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Court from 1902 until 1932; the campus, noted for its distinctive |
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circular architecture, serves around 2,800 students from Bexar |
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County; part of the Northside Independent School District, the |
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school is home to the Business Careers High School magnet program, |
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and dual-credit courses are available through Northwest Vista |
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College; and |
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WHEREAS, Now under the able leadership of principal Ada |
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Bohlken and vice principal Lisa Hahne, Holmes High School provides |
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its students with the opportunity to participate in a wide range of |
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extracurricular activities, offering Academic University |
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Interscholastic League events in a variety of disciplines, |
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including social studies, theater, band, computer science, |
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journalism, and speech; the school also sponsors football, |
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baseball, basketball, soccer, and track teams, and students produce |
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the quarterly publication Gavel Magazine as well as daily news |
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broadcasts for the Holmes/Business Careers Network; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of the last half-century, Oliver |
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Wendell Holmes High School has given numerous area youths a strong |
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academic foundation on which to build, and it has made a lasting and |
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positive impact in the lives of several generations of San Antonio |
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residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Oliver |
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Wendell Holmes High School and extend to its administration, |
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faculty, staff, and students sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Martinez Fischer |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3026 was adopted by the House on May |
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30, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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