TITLE: Recognizing the GEAR UP program and congratulating the 2011 graduating class of Lufkin High School.

SUMMARY: Recognizing the GEAR UP program and congratulating the 2011 graduating class of Lufkin High School.

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WHEREAS, GEAR UP, or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, has contributed greatly to the success of the 2011 graduating class at Lufkin High School; and WHEREAS, This federally funded grant program prepares students for college entrance requirements, introduces them to the application process, and provides guidance about financing their studies; and WHEREAS, Members of the Lufkin High Class of 2011 have been involved with GEAR UP since they were in the seventh grade, and the program's long-term approach has paid rich dividends; each of the school's more than 500 graduating seniors has been admitted to a university, college, vocational or technical school, or a branch of the military, and collectively, they have earned more than $3.6 million in scholarships; and WHEREAS, This exceptional class has received able guidance from GEAR UP coordinator Jennifer Williams, College Go Center counselor Lyndia Austin, Lufkin High School principal Mark Smith, and Lufkin ISD superintendent Roy Knight; and WHEREAS, The GEAR UP program has provided important resources to students at Lufkin High, enabling these outstanding young Texans to fully explore the opportunities available to them and to look to the future with anticipation and optimism; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby honor all those associated with the GEAR UP program at Lufkin High School and extend to the members of the 2011 graduating class sincere best wishes for continued success in all their endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. White Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2563 was adopted by the House on May 29, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House