08 LC 95
0508
House
Resolution 1499
By:
Representatives Dickson of the
6th
and Williams of the
4th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Jill Ryerson; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Jill Ryerson is widely recognized throughout this state as the personification
of excellence in education; and
WHEREAS,
this highly respected professional educator has served with honor and
distinction as a seventh grade arts teacher at North Whitfield Middle School;
and
WHEREAS,
she believes that her continuing role as a teacher is to act as an instrument of
inspiration and enthusiasm to her pupils and to help them learn academically and
socially so they will become lifelong learners; and
WHEREAS,
in recognition of her outstanding achievements, she has been selected from an
elite group of teachers as the recipient of the Milken Family Foundation
National Educator Award, an honor which is sometimes referred to as the "Oscar"
of education, and carries with it a $25 thousand award; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Ryerson has taught for 14 years, and this is her eighth year of teaching at
North Whitfield Middle School; and
WHEREAS,
through dedication and professionalism, she has brought honor to herself, her
family, her colleagues, and the Whitfield County School System, which she
represents as Georgia's Milken Family Foundation National Educator for 2007;
and
WHEREAS,
she is a shining example of the important impact that the efforts of individual
education professionals are making on the quality of education received by
students of this state, and it is abundantly fitting and proper that her
superlative accomplishments be recognized appropriately.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body heartily and gratefully commend Jill Ryerson for her many years of
sacrifice, foresight, accomplishment, and contributions on behalf of education
in Georgia and for the positive influence she has had upon the lives and futures
of countless people in this state and extend to her their most sincere best
wishes for health and happiness in the future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Jill Ryerson.