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0504
Senate
Resolution 1124
By:
Senator Harbison of the 15th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Robin Huffman Pennock; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Robin Huffman Pennock is widely recognized throughout the state as the
personification of excellence in education; and
WHEREAS,
this highly respected professional educator and administrator has served with
honor and distinction as teacher, librarian, media specialist, principal intern,
admissions representative, assistant principal, principal, executive assistant
to the superintendent, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction,
chief academic officer, and since September, 2004, as deputy superintendent of
Muscogee County Schools in Columbus, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
she believes that her continuing role as deputy school superintendent is to act
as an instrument of inspiration and enthusiasm to her pupils and to create a
positive learning environment through the encouragement of competitive instincts
in students; and
WHEREAS,
she has written over 30 articles in the fields of education and history in
newspapers, historical magazines, and general interest publications, including
articles on the elementary school principalship, transiency, cultural diversity,
the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Armstrong Custer, and William Tecumseh
Sherman; and
WHEREAS,
she received her education from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and
Portland State University in Portland, Oregon; and
WHEREAS,
she is a shining example of the important impact that the efforts of individual
education professionals and school superintendents are making on the quality of
education received by the children of this state, and it is abundantly fitting
and proper that her superlative accomplishments be recognized
appropriately.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body heartily and gratefully commend Robin Huffman Pennock for her 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 young people in this state and extend to her their most sincere best wishes for the future.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body heartily and gratefully commend Robin Huffman Pennock for her 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 young people in this state and extend to her their most sincere best wishes for the future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Robin Huffman Pennock.