TITLE: Commemorating the 110th anniversary of Sacred Heart Catholic School in Del Rio.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 110th anniversary of Sacred Heart Catholic School in Del Rio.

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WHEREAS, The Sacred Heart Catholic School in Del Rio celebrated the 110th anniversary of its establishment in 2010; and WHEREAS, Thought to be the oldest educational institution in the Del Rio area, Sacred Heart Catholic School was founded in 1900, and since that time, it has provided a quality education to generations of children from the region; and WHEREAS, Under the able guidance of principal Aurora Guerra and assistant principal Julie Ricks, Sacred Heart has been recognized as an official "Leader In Me School," a program in which children from prekindergarten through eighth grade are taught leadership, accountability, self-direction, responsibility, problem solving, and other skills; and WHEREAS, Sacred Heart junior high students chose the historic Loma De La Cruz Cemetery in Del Rio as their service project; they worked with the Loma De La Cruz Cemetery Association in helping with the preservation of the site and in recording and updating information about the people buried there; moreover, on February 25, 2011, students joined with alumni and other community volunteers to clean up the cemetery as part of the nationwide celebration of Catholic Schools Week; and WHEREAS, For more than 11 decades, the faculty and staff of Sacred Heart Catholic School have committed themselves to meeting the educational needs of their students, and the school has played a vital role in helping many young Texans build a bright and prosperous future; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the 110th anniversary of Sacred Heart Catholic School and extend to all those associated with the school 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. 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. 1500 was adopted by the House on May 5, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House