TITLE: Congratulating Yolanda Fernandez of Del Rio High School on her receipt of the 2011 H-E-B Excellence in Education Lifetime Achievement Award.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Yolanda Fernandez of Del Rio High School on her receipt of the 2011 H-E-B Excellence in Education Lifetime Achievement Award.

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WHEREAS, Veteran teacher Yolanda Fernandez of Del Rio High School has received a 2011 H-E-B Excellence in Education Lifetime Achievement Award; and WHEREAS, Created in 2002 by H-E-B in association with the Texas Association of School Administrators, the annual Excellence in Education Awards honor the work of outstanding teachers, administrators, and districts; the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes exemplary teachers with two decades or more of classroom experience; and WHEREAS, Chosen from among five finalists in the secondary school category, Yolanda Fernandez is an English teacher at Del Rio High School in the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District; she received $25,000 in cash and another $25,000 matching cash grant for her school; and WHEREAS, In the course of her outstanding career, Ms. Fernandez has distinguished herself with skill, insight, and passion for her subject, and she is a source of inspiration to her colleagues and students alike; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Yolanda Fernandez on her receipt of the 2011 H-E-B Excellence in Education Lifetime Achievement Award and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Fernandez as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego 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. 2732 was adopted by the House on May 30, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House