TITLE: Honoring the Plains High School calculator team for their myriad achievements over the years.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Plains High School calculator team for their myriad achievements over the years.

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WHEREAS, For the past four years, members of the Plains High School calculator team have achieved outstanding results at district, regional, and state competitions; and WHEREAS, Organized through the University Interscholastic League, the Calculator Applications Contest is a 30-minute test composed of a variety of 70 mathematical problems to be solved with a handheld calculator; in the 2009-2010 school year, the Plains High team, including Nathan McCravey, Cody Friesen, Hunter Welch, Denise Tarango, and Autumn Friesen, won at the district level and placed second at regional; the following year, Mr. Friesen, Mr. Welch, Ms. Tarango, and Ms. Friesen took first at both district and regional and came in fourth at the state event, where Ms. Tarango also won the top individual honor; and WHEREAS, In 2011-2012, Ms. Tarango and Ms. Friesen were joined by Mayra Cueto and Alyx Henderson to become the top team in the Lone Star State, and Ms. Tarango repeated her first-place individual win; during the 2012-2013 season, Ms. Friesen and Ms. Henderson, along with Chasity Chavez and Lexi Flores, took the highest prize at district and second at regional, and Ms. Chavez qualified for the state contest; and WHEREAS, Through dedicated study and countless hours of practice, past and present members of the Plains High calculator team have an impressive record, and they are a source of great pride to their school and families; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor the Plains High School calculator team on its achievements and extend to its members sincere best wishes for continued success; 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. King of Hemphill Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2444 was adopted by the House on May 21, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House