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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Joe Fatheree on |
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| being named the Illinois Teacher of the Year for 2006-2007 by |
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| the Illinois State Board of Education; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe Fatheree began his teaching profession in 1990 |
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| as an English teacher at Effingham High School; in 1994 he |
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| became a history teacher, and in 2000 he accepted the position |
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| of technology instructor; and
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| WHEREAS, Three years ago he started a program that |
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| exemplifies his passion for helping students become successful |
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| learners and citizens; the program "No Barriers |
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| Project-creating opportunity through education" was designed |
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| to help students understand how extreme poverty impacts student |
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| success; and
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| WHEREAS, His first effort was recruiting a group of |
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| students to pilot a poverty literacy program; during the |
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| program's first year, students collected over 2500 coats for |
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| homeless children living in the St. Louis Area; in the second |
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| year, the students collected over 4000 books and partnered with |
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| KCET, a PBS station in St. Louis, to find a literacy expert to |
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| take the books into homes of disenfranchised children to help |
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| them improve their reading skills; Joe Fatheree also formed a |
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| partnership with a school in East St. Louis where his students |
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| strengthen their skills by teaching visual story-telling |
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| skills to students from East St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, The program is now in its third year, and students |
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| from both schools are working cooperatively to develop media |
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| projects; those participating in the program are learning about |
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| other cultures and breaking down the barriers of |
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| miscommunication and misunderstanding; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe Fatheree received a Bachelor's degree in |
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| history from Eastern Illinois University and a Master's degree |
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| in Educational Administration; he will have the opportunity to |
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| take some time off from teaching and will spend the 2007 spring |
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| semester speaking at teacher workshops, educational |
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| conferences, and civic and community meetings; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe Fatheree will receive a lifetime tuition |
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| waiver to State universities and a one-semester paid leave to |
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| pursue coursework or develop an educational project that will |
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| benefit students statewide; he will also represent Illinois at |
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| the NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama and in the National |
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| Teacher of the Year program sponsored by the Council of Chief |
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| State School Officers, Scholastic, Inc., and ING; therefore, be |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Joe Fatheree and wish him continued success in the |
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| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Joe Fatheree as a symbol of our respect.
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