IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 862 
Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois Mathematics 
and Science Academy for winning the 2009 Star Innovator in the Intel 
Schools of Distinction competition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2009 
Mr. FOSTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois 
Mathematics and Science Academy for winning the 2009 
Star Innovator in the Intel Schools of Distinction com-
petition. 
Whereas the United States House of Representatives has re-
peatedly recognized in passed legislation the importance 
of science, technology, engineering, and math education 
at all levels as a necessary part of strengthening the fu-
ture of scientific research in the United States; 
Whereas the Intel Corporation holds an annual ‘‘Intel Schools 
of Distinction’’ competition in which schools compete for 
scientific scholarships by demonstrating an environment 
and curricula that demonstrates 21st century teaching 
and learning, with a focus on mathematics and science; 
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•HRES 862 IH 
Whereas the annual Intel School of Distinction awards recog-
nize United States schools that implement innovative 
math and science programs and serve as role models for 
other schools; 
Whereas each year, only one school across the country is se-
lected through this competition as the ‘‘Star Innovator’’ 
among the 18 finalists receiving the Intel Schools of Dis-
tinction honor; 
Whereas, on September 15, 2009, the Illinois Mathematics 
and Science Academy, a State-supported boarding school 
serving 650 of Illinois’ top high school mathematics stu-
dents, was selected as the 2009 Star Innovator in the 
Intel Schools of Distinction competition; 
Whereas Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy alum are 
currently working at the head of their fields in such di-
verse industries as aerospace engineering, biotechnology, 
forensic science, and academic institutions across the 
globe; 
Whereas Leon Lederman, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in 
Physics in 1988, worked to create the Illinois Mathe-
matics and Science Academy as a school that could not 
only provide children with an invaluable education in 
science and mathematics, but also to train thousands of 
Illinois teachers in the art of teaching those skills; and 
Whereas the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy has 
clearly demonstrated a continued dedication to offering 
the kind of education necessary to create future genera-
tions of scientists in the United States, and thus secure 
the future of scientific research in the United States: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) congratulates the staff, students, and fac-
ulty at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Acad-
emy on this award and wish them well in all their 
future endeavors; and be it further; and 
(2) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso-
lution to the Illinois Math and Science Academy for 
appropriate display. 
Æ 
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