H*4074 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*4074 Concurrent Resolution, By J.L.M. Cromer and J. Smith
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF COLUMBIA, INC., FOR
ITS LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING MEET THE CHALLENGE OF SCHOOL
READINESS IN RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE WITH THE SUCCESSFUL PILOT YEAR OF
"SMART MATTERS" AND FURTHER COMMENDING THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AND RICHLAND SCHOOL
DISTRICT ONE FOR THEIR UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
04/24/97 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-16
04/24/97 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-12
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
COMMENDING THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF COLUMBIA, INC.,
FOR ITS LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING
MEET THE CHALLENGE OF SCHOOL READINESS IN
RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE WITH THE SUCCESSFUL
PILOT YEAR OF "SMART MATTERS" AND FURTHER
COMMENDING THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AND RICHLAND
SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FOR THEIR UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP
IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
Whereas, the Junior League of Columbia has a long-standing
commitment to the Columbia community to identify local challenges
and commit its trained volunteers to meet these challenges; and
Whereas, the Junior League of Columbia has a seventy-three-year
history of initiating community projects like Guardian ad Litem,
Cities in Schools, Congaree Land Trust, and Sistercare to meet local
needs; and
Whereas, in 1996, the Junior League of Columbia elected to focus all
of its volunteer and financial resources on meeting the challenge of
school readiness in Richland School District One; and
Whereas, the Junior League and Richland School District One have
partnered to implement the pilot year of "Smart Matters," a
family-based initiative to improve school readiness, at A.C. Moore
Elementary and Mill Creek Elementary schools; and
Whereas, "Smart Matters" offers guidance and early intervention in
the lives of preschoolers and the most permanent people in their lives
- their parents; and
Whereas, "Smart Matters" brings together teachers, preschool
children and their parents, Junior League volunteers, and other
community agencies to instill a love of learning in children long
before they reach the first grade; and
Whereas, the pilot year of "Smart Matters" has touched more than
four hundred preschool children and their parents at A.C. Moore and
Mill Creek with more than six thousand volunteer hours contributed
by the Junior League; and
Whereas, the Junior League will expand "Smart Matters" in 1997-98
to include Bradley Elementary School and others in the future. Now,
therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly commend the Junior
League of Columbia, Inc., for its leadership and commitment to
helping meet the challenge of school readiness in Richland School
District One with the successful pilot year of "Smart Matters" and to
further commend the Junior League and Richland School District
One for this unique partnership that celebrates the spirit of
cooperation and volunteerism in the Columbia community and extend
the commendation of the General Assembly to these organizations for
their commitment to ensuring that all children enter the first grade
ready to learn.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
Becky Laffitte on behalf of the Junior League of Columbia, to Dr.
Donald Henderson on behalf of Richland School District One, to
Joanne Wilkes on behalf of A.C. Moore Elementary School, and to
Tommy Edwards on behalf of Mill Creek Elementary School.
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