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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Individuals who commit their lives to the 
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education of the students of Illinois are worthy of the highest 
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praise; and

 
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    WHEREAS, One such individual, Renee Payne, will be retiring 
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from her position at Saint Cajetan School in Chicago after 19 
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years of service; she served six years as a teacher, three 
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years as an assistant principal, and ten years as principal; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ms. Payne brought the school into the new 
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millennium with state-of-the-art technology, brought an After 
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School Care Program to the school families, created a free 
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standing science lab, and instituted computer generated 
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programs for remediation and for enrichment; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She instituted the Discipline With Purpose 
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Program as a curriculum based self-directed discipline program 
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designed to help children develop the important skills of 
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self-discipline; presided over numerous improvements to the 
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school facilities and grounds; modernized the school library, 
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creating a library/media center; and facilitated Saint Cajetan 
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School's membership in the National Junior Honor Society, which 
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allows students to develop leadership skills through service 
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and academics; and

 
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    WHEREAS, For 19 years, Ms. Payne has made the business of 
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education at St. Cajetan School her life's work; she has been 
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steadfast in her dedication to the students, parents, and 
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faculty she serves; she has honored the St. Cajetan School 
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family with grace and good humor; her extraordinary capacity 
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for giving of herself is a gift that will be most fully 
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appreciated in its absence; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, She is known for her happy, sunny personality and 
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is approachable; she is recognized as a team builder and for 
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her leadership; and
 
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    WHEREAS, She treated all of the children of St. Cajetan 
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School as if they were her own and instilled those children 
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with a solid foundation of morals and values that we can all be 
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proud of; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Renee Payne on the occasion of her retirement 
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from her position at Saint Cajetan School in Chicago after 19 
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years of service; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Ms. Payne as an expression of our esteem.