2005-2006 Bill 5095: Southside High School - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 H. 5095 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Allen 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6888cm06.doc 11 12 Introduced in the House on May 4, 2006 13 Adopted by the House on May 4, 2006 14 15 Summary: Southside High School 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 5/4/2006 House Introduced and adopted HJ-89 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 5/4/2006 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE REMARKABLE 12 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND 13 ADMINISTRATION OF SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN 14 GREENVILLE COUNTY ON BEING RANKED 15 THIRTY-SIXTH AMONG THE NATION’S PUBLIC HIGH 16 SCHOOLS BY NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE. 17 18 Whereas, Southside High School in Greenville County instituted 19 the state’s first International Baccalaureate Program; and 20 21 Whereas, in 2005, Southside High School was ranked at one 22 hundred fifty-five among Newsweek magazine’s top one thousand 23 public high schools in the United States; and 24 25 Whereas, for 2006, the high school’s ranking by Newsweek 26 magazine improved from one hundred fifty-five to thirty-six; and 27 28 Whereas, this outstanding improvement in its national ranking 29 continues to place Southside High School at the top of the list for 30 Greenville County and makes it the second ranked high school 31 among all schools in the State of South Carolina; and 32 33 Whereas, this well-deserved honor continues to make Southside 34 High School the standard to meet for public high schools in South 35 Carolina and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of its 36 students, faculty, and administration; and 37 38 Whereas, it is fitting and proper for the members of the House of 39 Representatives to pause in their deliberations to recognize this 40 great achievement. Now, therefore, 41 42 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

1 [5095] 1 1 2 That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of 3 South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor the 4 remarkable achievements of the students, faculty, and 5 administration of Southside High School in Greenville County on 6 being ranked thirty-sixth among the nation’s public high schools 7 by Newsweek magazine. 8 9 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 10 the administration, faculty, staff, and students of Southside High 11 School. 12 ----XX---- 13

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