H*5007 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H*5007 Concurrent Resolution, By R. Smith
A Concurrent Resolution to congratulate the Redcliffe Elementary School of
Aiken upon its receipt of a 1996 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award for Arts in
Education.
05/09/96 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-34
05/09/96 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-40
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO CONGRATULATE THE REDCLIFFE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL OF AIKEN UPON ITS RECEIPT OF A 1996
ELIZABETH O'NEILL VERNER AWARD FOR ARTS IN
EDUCATION.
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are very pleased to
learn that the Redcliffe Elementary School in Aiken has been
named a 1996 winner of an Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award for
Arts in Education by the South Carolina Arts Commission; and
Whereas, for the past seven years, Redcliffe Elementary School and
the Greater Augusta Arts Council have worked cooperatively to
design and implement an education reform program called Arts
Infusion; and
Whereas, believing that the arts are a vital part of the basic
education of all children, Redcliffe's kindergarten through fifth
grade students receive weekly dance, drama, music, and visual art
instruction from full-time specialists in each discipline,
complemented by classroom teachers and artists-in-residence; and
Whereas, Redcliffe is a model site for the Arts in Basic Curriculum
(ABC) Project, the State Department of Education Target 2000 Arts
Curricula Grants Program, and the Greater Augusta Arts Council;
and
Whereas, the school has hosted over seven hundred visitors from
more than thirty states and served as a training site for two national
arts conferences, and its Arts Infusion program has received support
from a wide spectrum of public and private partners who consider
this school a standard of excellence in education; and
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution,
would like to publicly recognize and congratulate this exemplary
school on the occasion of its receipt of this truly deserved award.
Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly congratulate the
Redcliffe Elementary School of Aiken, upon its receipt of a 1996
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award for Arts in Education.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
Principal Candye Slay of Redcliffe Elementary School.
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