TITLE: Honoring the Alpha Omega Academy in Huntsville on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Alpha Omega Academy in Huntsville on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

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WHEREAS, The students, faculty, and staff of Alpha Omega Academy in Huntsville are celebrating the school's 20th anniversary and the graduation of its 16th class of seniors in 2017; and WHEREAS, Alpha Omega Academy was established by a group of families in Huntsville who envisioned a Christ-centered school with a classical approach to education; in addition to integrating scripture into its curriculum, Alpha Omega Academy seeks to instill in pupils a lifelong dedication to the pursuit of truth, moral goodness, and aesthetic beauty and to enable them to reason persuasively and to think critically, logically, and wisely; the school also offers a strong program of athletics and extracurricular activities to develop well-rounded students; and WHEREAS, The school first opened its doors in the fall of 1997, welcoming 27 students in first through eighth grade; classes were initially held in a strip mall on Lake Road and in a local church; outgrowing its first locations within a few years, the school began leasing space from the Fellowship of Huntsville Church on Highway 30 West, and it soon purchased five adjacent acres on which it established its own campus; and WHEREAS, The first group of three Alpha Omega seniors graduated in 2002, and more than 200 students have completed the program in the years since; still led by its original headmaster, Paul Davidhizar, the school currently serves 411 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and it will grant diplomas to another 27 graduates in May 2017; and WHEREAS, In the course of its 20-year history, Alpha Omega has been home to a National Merit Scholar and several National Merit Commended Students; the grammar and junior high levels have fielded competitive teams at the ACSI Math Olympics and at spelling bees and speech meets; the drama department has participated in one-act play competitions, and individual students have placed first or second in state in solo and duet acting; moreover, music and art students have earned superior ratings in solo and ensemble contests and art competitions; the baseball team won the TAPPS 1A state championship several years in a row, and the school's golf team was the state champion for the fifth time in the spring of 2015; and WHEREAS, For the past two decades, Alpha Omega Academy has given many young Texans a strong academic foundation on which to build, and the school is indeed deserving of recognition on this important milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby honor Alpha Omega Academy on the occasion of its 20th anniversary and congratulate the members of the school's Class of 2017 on their graduation; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the academy as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Bailes Straus Goldman Oliverson Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega Alonzo Gonz lez of El Paso Paddie Alvarado Gooden Parker Anchia Guerra Paul Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan Ar valo Hefner Phillips Ashby Hernandez Pickett Bailes Herrero Price Bell Hinojosa Raney Bernal Holland Raymond Biedermann Howard Reynolds Blanco Huberty Rinaldi Bohac Hunter Roberts Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burns Johnson of Harris Rose Burrows Kacal Sanford Button Keough Schaefer Cain King of Hemphill Schofield Canales King of Parker Schubert Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen Clardy Klick Sheffield Coleman Koop Shine Collier Krause Simmons Cook Kuempel Smithee Cortez Lambert Springer Cosper Landgraf Stephenson Craddick Lang Stickland Cyrier Larson Stucky Dale Laubenberg Swanson Darby Leach Thierry Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris Dean Lucio III Tinderholt Deshotel Martinez Turner Dukes Metcalf Uresti Dutton Meyer VanDeaver Elkins Miller Villalba Faircloth Minjarez Vo Fallon Moody Walle Farrar Morrison White Flynn Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Frank Murphy Workman Frullo Murr Wray Geren Neave Wu Gervin-Hawkins Nev rez Zedler Giddings Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 780 was adopted by the House on March 9, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House