7757-03 6th Grade Emerson Middle School

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RESOLUTION NO. 7757-03 BY:corrigan, Dever, Dunn, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie. A RESOLUTION for the sixth grade class of Emerson Middle School. WHEREAS, the sixth grade 0f Emerson Middle School took top honors at the Ohio Project Citizen State Showcase which included six Ohio middle school classes, who represented the winners of district level Project Citizen Showcases, and; WHEREAS, Project Citizen, directed in Ohio by the Ohio Center for Law- Re~ated Education, actively engages middle school students in learning how to monitor and influence public policy and encourages civic participation among students, parents, and the community; and, WHEREAS, The following students participated from Emerson Middle School: Hannah Eaton, Jenny Farkas, Zechery Hanson, Stephanie Herman, Anya Hurley, Tyler Kadow, Sean Kinsella, Peter Malonis, Kelsey Moran, Eva Nemethy, Steve Pappas, Brian Ritschel, Hilary Szabo, Mark Tuleta and Heather Zappala; and, WHEREAS, The team from Emerson Middle School presented a well- researched argument calling for the installation of a drive through turn-around at their school during a mock legislative hearing in actual Ohio House of Representatives Hearing Rooms; and, WHEREAS, The class project from Emerson Middle School will also represent the State of Ohio at the National Project Citizen State Showcase at the National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Convention in San Francisco, California in June 2003. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council and Mayor, hereby extend to the students of the sixth class and to Mrs. Ruth Pangrace, Emerson Middle School sixth grade teacher, who played a vital role in assisting her sixth grade class with the Project Citizen project, our congratulations for this accomplishment. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to forward this Resolution to Mrs. Ruth Pangrace and that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of the meeting. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Adopted: PRESIDENT Approved: C'ERK ¥ MA'COR