H*4831 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*4831 Resolution, By Kennedy and Harvin
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.
03/18/98 House Introduced and 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.
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