H*5030 Resolution, By R. Smith, Clyburn and Sharpe
 A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO COMMEND SUSAN WELLS HUMPHREYS OF NORTH AUGUSTA, ONE OF
 SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, FOR HER EXEMPLARY
 THIRTY-THREE YEAR CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR UPON HER RETIREMENT AFTER THIS SCHOOL
 YEAR.

   05/04/00  House  Introduced and adopted HJ-3

TO COMMEND SUSAN WELLS HUMPHREYS OF NORTH AUGUSTA, ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, FOR HER EXEMPLARY THIRTY-THREE-YEAR CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR UPON HER RETIREMENT AFTER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

Whereas, Susan Wells Humphreys of North Augusta has been an educator in Aiken County for thirty-three years and is recognized as one of South Carolina's most outstanding teachers and librarians; and

Whereas, she is a native of Augusta, Georgia, moved to Aiken County in 1948, was educated in the Aiken public schools, received an A.B. degree in secondary education from the University of South Carolina in 1967, and a master's degree in elementary education from the University of South Carolina in 1987; and

Whereas, since 1980, she has been the School Library Media Specialist for Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School and throughout her tenure as an educator in Aiken County has served in a number of capacities including as an English teacher in adult education, as a curriculum associate for the media services in the Aiken County School District, and as school district librarian; and

Whereas, her many varied accomplishments include the following:

(1) being the first district librarian for the school district of Aiken County. These efforts led to the full staffing and accreditation of each of the district's elementary school libraries;

(2) developing a model open library media center at East Aiken Elementary School which served as a model for other state and national programs;

(3) developing at LBC Middle School a library program that is recognized locally, statewide, and nationally as providing information power for all the school's students, and LBC was one of nine schools nationally to be a beta test site for the Accelerated Reader Program; and

(4) becoming one of the district's most skilled grant-writing specialists and presenting a nationally aired teleconference entitled "Teleshop 3 on How to Get Winning Grants for Your School"; and

Whereas, in recognition of her accomplishments she has received numerous awards including being selected LBC Middle School Teacher of the Year, East Aiken Elementary School Supportive Teacher of the Year, Area III High Flyer, and nominated as School Librarian of the Year in South Carolina; and

Whereas, this amazing lady in addition to her professional activities is also a wonderful mother and grandmother, an active member of the Woodbridge Baptist Church where she has been on five mission trips to Mexico and will be going on a mission trip to Honduras this summer, and is an active community leader and volunteer in North Augusta; and

Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives, by this resolution, would like to publicly recognize and thank Susan Wells Humphreys for all that she has done for the students of Aiken County and South Carolina upon the occasion of her upcoming retirement this year. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the House of Representatives hereby commend Susan Wells Humphreys of North Augusta, one of South Carolina's most outstanding teachers and librarians, for her exemplary thirty-three-year career as an educator upon her retirement at the end of this school year.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Susan Wells Humphreys.