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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Maureen T. Savas on | ||||||
| 4 | her retirement as Principal of Nightingale Elementary School; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Maureen T. Savas has dedicated 34 years to the | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago Public Schools; she has worked for Goldblatt Elementary | ||||||
| 8 | School, Saucedo Magnet School, Bethune Elementary School, | ||||||
| 9 | Nightingale Elementary School, and the District 8 office; she | ||||||
| 10 | began her career as a Special Education teacher and Intensive | ||||||
| 11 | Reading Improvement Teacher at Goldblatt; during her career she | ||||||
| 12 | has worked as a Curriculum Coordinator, Technology | ||||||
| 13 | Coordinator, Illinois Quality Review Team Member, Assistant | ||||||
| 14 | Principal, Principal, and Principal Mentor; she has been | ||||||
| 15 | involved with the Principal Technology Leadership Program; she | ||||||
| 16 | was instrumental in the opening of Saucedo Magnet, Carson | ||||||
| 17 | Elementary School and Ruiz Elementary School; for the past 6 | ||||||
| 18 | years, she has led Nightingale as Principal with great
success | ||||||
| 19 | in raising the school's test scores, pioneering the school's | ||||||
| 20 | technology program, and making Nightingale an autonomous | ||||||
| 21 | school; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Maureen T. Savas has been involved with the CPS | ||||||
| 23 | Task Force on School Reform and the Computer Education | ||||||
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| 1 | Fellowship at University of Illinois; she was the recipient of | ||||||
| 2 | the Phi Delta Kappa Educator of the Year Award and was given a | ||||||
| 3 | AMPS School Designation; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Maureen T. Savas has been the recipient of the 4 | ||||||
| 5 | CPS Incentive Grant, the High Tech Incentive Grant, the Chicago | ||||||
| 6 | Foundation for Education Grant, the Urban Gateways Grant, the | ||||||
| 7 | Logo Robotics Laboratory Grant, and the Bilingual Language | ||||||
| 8 | Laboratory Grant; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Maureen T. Savas is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, | ||||||
| 10 | the Illinois Reading Association, the Association for | ||||||
| 11 | Supervision and Curriculum Development and the
Chicago | ||||||
| 12 | Principals Association; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Maureen T. Savas is the daughter of Robert and | ||||||
| 14 | Mary Kubiak; she is the sister of Kathleen Ptak, and Robert, | ||||||
| 15 | Kenneth, and William Kubial; she is the proud mother of William | ||||||
| 16 | Svec and mother in law to Lynn; and she has been married to | ||||||
| 17 | Warren Franzyk for 8 wonderful years; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Maureen T. Savas is an avid traveler and dancer; | ||||||
| 19 | she is also an avid Cubs fan, who attends White Sox games; | ||||||
| 20 | therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | congratulate Maureen T. Savas on her retirement and wish her | ||||||
| 3 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Maureen T. Savas as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 7 | respect.
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