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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Students from Riverside High School in El Paso |
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earned regional awards in the fields of environmental engineering |
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and applied mathematics in April 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, During the City of El Paso Environmental Services |
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Department's annual Earth Day celebration, officials hosted the |
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first-ever Environment Excellence Recognition Program awards |
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ceremony; among the winners was Riverside High's solar technology |
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program, which won the EERP award in the category of education; |
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established in 2017, the program is the first of its kind in the |
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nation to offer North American Board of Certified Energy |
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Practitioners associate photovoltaic certification, which allows |
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students to enter the workforce anywhere in North America in the |
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solar energy industry upon graduating from high school; and |
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WHEREAS, Earlier in the month, a group of Riverside students |
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won first place at the Prudential Math Challenge, where high school |
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teams from Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and |
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Presidio Counties competed to address a real-world issue using |
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applied mathematics; during the competition, teams were |
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sequestered for 12 hours and challenged to research and solve the |
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problem and to then present their findings in a research paper; as a |
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reward for winning the contest, the Riverside team took home a |
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$3,000 prize from The Prudential Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their hard work and dedication, these |
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exceptional students have earned the respect and admiration of |
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their classmates, teachers, and community, and they may indeed |
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reflect with pride on their achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the Riverside High |
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School solar technology program and math team on earning regional |
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awards in environmental engineering and applied mathematics and |
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extend to all participants sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the students as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |