Bill 4831

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       4831
Type of Legislation:               House Resolution HR
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19980318
Primary Sponsor:                   Kennedy
All Sponsors:                      Kennedy and Harvin 
Drafted Document Number:           dka\4861mm.98
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:      19980318
Subject:                           Nicole M. Kennedy,
                                   Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
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House   19980318  Introduced, adopted

A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE NICOLE M. KENNEDY, JEROME A. RODGERS, WHITNEY A. SABB, AND MI-KESHA C. SHAW, SECOND GRADERS AT GREELEYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR THEIR TEAM'S FIRST PLACE REGIONAL FINISH AND SELECTION AS A NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST IN THE TOSHIBA/NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION EXPLORAVISION AWARDS PROGRAM FOR 1998.

Whereas, Nicole M. Kennedy, Jerome A. Rodgers, Whitney A. Sabb, and Mi-Kesha C. Shaw are second grade students at Greeleyville Elementary School; and

Whereas, their team was one of five thousand which participated in the world's largest science competition, the ExploraVision Awards Program sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association; and

Whereas, the team was asked to envision what a form of technology might look like in twenty years and to present their ideas through descriptive essays and story boards; and

Whereas, the Greeleyville team envisioned "The Plaque Magnet" which would break down plaque and food electrically, vacuum the particles away, and even clean below the gum line, consigning plaque to an oral hygiene problem of the past; and

Whereas, the imaginative and creative efforts of the second graders, along with their teacher advisor Stephanie A. Cooper and their community advisor Varetta J. Sabb, won first place among all teams from kindergarten through third grade in a region composed of South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia; and

Whereas, each of the student semifinalists receives a one hundred dollar saving bond and Greeleyville Elementary School receives a Toshiba television and VCR; and

Whereas, the team has also been awarded five hundred dollars to develop a video presentation of its story board for the national competition; and

Whereas, these bright and innovative students represent the extraordinary visionaries of the future. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members recognize and congratulate Nicole M. Kennedy, Jerome A. Rodgers, Whitney A. Sabb, and Mi-Kesha C. Shaw, second graders at Greeleyville Elementary School, for their team's first place regional finish and selection as a national semifinalist in the Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards Program for 1998.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Greeleyville Elementary School on behalf of the South Carolina House of Representatives in honor of their outstanding accomplishment.