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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, An accomplished educator received well-deserved |
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recognition when Josey Mitchell was named the 2016-2017 Teacher of |
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the Year at Coronado High School in El Paso; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Mitchell combines her passions for education |
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and the arts through her work as the director of the Coronado High |
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Dance Department and the school's dance company; a nine-year |
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veteran of the teaching profession, she is a member of the Texas |
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Dance Educators Association and the National Dance Education |
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Organization, and she was awarded a Classroom Fund Community Impact |
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Grant from the El Paso Community Foundation in 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, A proud El Paso native, Ms. Mitchell began taking |
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ballet lessons at age four and continued to hone her craft |
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throughout her youth; after graduating from Montwood High School in |
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2001, she went on to earn her bachelor's degree in arts and dance |
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and her master's degree in education at The University of Texas at |
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El Paso, where she is currently working toward a doctoral degree in |
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teaching, learning, and culture; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Mitchell has performed with Viva! El Paso, |
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Ballet El Paso, the UTEP Ballet, the Caldo Collective, the |
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Tumbleweed Collective, and the Tom Lea Institute, and she has |
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served as both a performer and choreographer for the UTEP Dinner |
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Theatre, the El Paso Opera, and the El Paso Independent School |
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District Summer Musical; and |
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WHEREAS, Josey Mitchell exemplifies the passion, |
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determination, and innovative spirit that are the hallmarks of our |
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best teachers, and she has set a standard of excellence to which all |
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in her profession may aspire; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Josey Mitchell on her selection as |
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the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year at Coronado High School and extend |
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to her sincere best wishes for continued success with her important |
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work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Mitchell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |