TITLE: Recognizing Guadalupe Aguilar on the occasion of her retirement from the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District.

SUMMARY: Recognizing Guadalupe Aguilar on the occasion of her retirement from the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to recognize Guadalupe Aguilar, who is retiring from the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District after more than 40 years of outstanding service; and WHEREAS, A native of Harlingen, Guadalupe Aguilar attended Crockett Elementary School and graduated from Harlingen High School before going on to earn a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Pan American University in 1970; and WHEREAS, She began her career in the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District as a second grade teacher at Bowie Elementary School in 1970, and in the intervening years has held numerous other positions, including teacher in the Help One Student To Succeed program and assistant principal; and WHEREAS, She has received the Betty Scharff Help One Student To Succeed Teacher of the Year Award and helped Crockett Elementary School become a national exemplary site for this outstanding program; and WHEREAS, A dedicated and resourceful educator, she has instilled in her students an appreciation for challenges and hard work and a lifelong love of learning, and they have benefited greatly from her compassion and her skillful teaching methods; she is truly deserving of recognition for her many contributions to the educational system in the Rio Grande Valley; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd Legislature, hereby commend Guadalupe Aguilar on four decades of exceptional service to the people of Harlingen as an educator with the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District and extend to her best wishes for the retirement years ahead; and, be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. Lucio President of the Senate I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 12, 2011.