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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  Gregory R. Fischer 
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on the naming of a new middle school in Aurora after him; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Gregory R. Fischer Middle School was dedicated on 
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October 25, 2009 in honor of Mr. Fischer, an educator in the 
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Indian Prairie School District 204 for 32 years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fischer is credited with leading the 
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district's transition from a traditional junior high school 
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model to the current term-oriented approach to middle schools; 
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the middle school model is a "whole child" approach that 
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stresses the importance of social, emotional, and intellectual 
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growth; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fischer retired in 2004; he began his career 
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as a physical education teacher at Indian Plains Grade School 
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and later served as the assistant principal at Waubonsie Valley 
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Junior/Senior High School; he was later named principal at 
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Thayer Hill Jr. High School; in 1987 he was named principal of 
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Gordon Gregory Middle School and served for the next seventeen 
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years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Gordon Gregory Middle 
 


 






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School was recognized as an Illinois Horizon School; both 
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Thayer Hill Jr. High School and Gordon Gregory Middle School 
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were named Demonstration Schools by the Association of Illinois 
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Middle-level Schools (AIMS); and in 2003 AIMS recognized Mr. 
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Fischer's dedication and commitment to middle school students 
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and their education by presenting him with the Robert Knight 
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Award for Distinguished Service to Middle Level Education; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Gregory Fischer and his wife, Julie, have two 
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children; their son, Josh, and his wife, Susie, have three 
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children; their daughter, Alison, and her husband, Christian, 
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are expecting their first child soon; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Mr. Fischer on this honor and wish him the best in 
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the future; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mr. Gregory Fischer as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.