Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 15-1231

• File #: 15-1231
• Version: 1
• Name: HONORING MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL-FARADAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHESS MENTORING AND PARTNERSHIP
• Type: Consent Calendar Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/15/2015
• In control: Secretary to the Board
• On agenda: 1/21/2015
• Final action: 1/21/2015
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING MARSHALL METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL-FARADAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHESS MENTORING AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM WHEREAS, in 2009 Joseph M. Ocol, Math Teacher and Chess Coach at Marshall Metropolitan High School-Faraday Elementary School in Chicago, IL began the Marshall-Faraday Chess Mentoring and Partnership Program; and WHEREAS, the current members of the Marshall-Faraday Chess Mentoring and Partnership Program are: Bobby Blankenship, Michael Hobbs, Charlie Wiley, Xavier Francher, Devell Conway, Jeremiah Townsend, Jimmeone Jackson, Juwan Jackson, Corey Benamon, Almier Dowdell, Latimer Mason, Taylor Watts, Antoine Christopher, Dominique Harold, Mikayla Phillips, Taylor Phillips, and Darrell Taylor; and WHEREAS, Mr. Ocol's vision mainly was to save the lives of children in the West Garfield Community; and WHEREAS, Mr. Ocol shared his philosophy with his students that trophies and medals are not as important as the values that they impart and share to t...
• Sponsors: ROBERT STEELE, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
1/21/2015	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING MARSHALL METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL-FARADAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHESS MENTORING AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

WHEREAS, in 2009 Joseph M. Ocol, Math Teacher and Chess Coach at Marshall Metropolitan High School-Faraday Elementary School in Chicago, IL began the Marshall-Faraday Chess Mentoring and Partnership Program; and

WHEREAS, the current members of the Marshall-Faraday Chess Mentoring and Partnership Program are: Bobby Blankenship, Michael Hobbs, Charlie Wiley, Xavier Francher, Devell Conway, Jeremiah Townsend, Jimmeone Jackson, Juwan Jackson, Corey Benamon, Almier Dowdell, Latimer Mason, Taylor Watts, Antoine Christopher, Dominique Harold, Mikayla Phillips, Taylor Phillips, and Darrell Taylor; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ocol's vision mainly was to save the lives of children in the West Garfield Community; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Ocol shared his philosophy with his students that trophies and medals are not as important as the values that they impart and share to the world in service to humanity and to God's glory; and

WHEREAS, this experience has imparted collaboration, discipline, and commitment in our youth; and

WHEREAS, Chess is a game of skill, honor and gamesmanship; and

WHEREAS, Marshall Metropolitan High School and Faraday Elementary School were the only two non-selective schools from Chicago Public Schools that competed in the 2014 National K-12 Grade Chess Championships held last December 12 to 14, 2014 in Orlando, Florida; and

WHEREAS, Devell Conway, Xavier Francher, Bobby Blankenship, Michael Hobbs, and Charlie Wiley from Marshall Metropolitan High School and Darrell Taylor, Antoine Christopher, Taylor Phillips and Mikayla Phillips from Faraday Elementary School competed in the National K-12 Grade Chess Championships; and

WHEREAS, two Marshall students--Devell Conway and Xavier Francher-- competed for the first time in a USCF tournament and despite being unrated and first-timers in a USCF national tournament...