File #: 14-3160    Version: 1 Name: Honoring Science Bowl Team
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 5/12/2014 In control: Gorman
On agenda: 5/21/2014 Final action: 5/21/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING MOTHER MCAULEY'S SCIENCE BOWL TEAM WHEREAS, the members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners are proud to recognize excellence in school academic clubs and activities; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes the importance of academic clubs and activities in developing the qualities of teamwork, respect, hard work and dedication in young adults; and WHEREAS, the Mother McAuley High School's Science Bowl team displayed those qualities and collaborated with their coaches Dr. Roz Iasillo and Dr. Tom Juliano, to achieve great success when they won the Chicago Regional championship on February 22, 2014 at Evanston High School; and WHEREAS, winning the Regional championship earned the Mother McAuley Science Bowl team an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete for the National Championship; and WHEREAS, the National Science Bowl is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of h...
Sponsors: ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

HONORING MOTHER MCAULEY'S SCIENCE BOWL TEAM

WHEREAS, the members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners are proud to recognize excellence in school academic clubs and activities; and

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes the importance of academic clubs and activities in developing the qualities of teamwork, respect, hard work and dedication in young adults; and

WHEREAS, the Mother McAuley High School's Science Bowl team displayed those qualities and collaborated with their coaches Dr. Roz Iasillo and Dr. Tom Juliano, to achieve great success when they won the Chicago Regional championship on February 22, 2014 at Evanston High School; and

WHEREAS, winning the Regional championship earned the Mother McAuley Science Bowl team an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete for the National Championship; and

WHEREAS, the National Science Bowl is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school and middle school students who compete in a fast-paced verbal forum to solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math; and

WHEREAS, the National Science Bowl was held April 24-28, 2014 and is an event which includes several days of science activities sponsored by the Department of Energy, cutting-edge science seminars, sightseeing, an engineering competition and culminates with the championship of the National Science Bowl; and

WHEREAS, the Mother McAuley team is one of 68 teams that competed for the title and the only team representing an all-girls high school; and

WHEREAS, the Mother McAuley team represented their school admirably, competing through all 11 rounds of the competition, impressed many, and finished especially well in the Engineering Design Challenge Competition; and

WHEREAS, the Mother McAuley Science Bowl competing team included seniors Siobhan Bennett, Rayn Davis, Diana Sanchez and junior Sarah Dynia ...

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