House Bill 9495

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9495

        By Representative Byrd






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing Mary Ann Diggs as the

  3         1998 Ida S. Baker Distinguished Minority

  4         Educator.

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  6         WHEREAS, Mary Ann Diggs earned her Bachelor of Science

  7  degree in elementary education in 1967, and

  8         WHEREAS, Mary Ann Diggs has been a teacher at Dover

  9  Elementary School in Dover, Florida, since 1970 and currently

10  teaches fourth grade at that school, and

11         WHEREAS, in 1992, Mary Ann Diggs was awarded the EDDIE

12  Award as Outstanding Graduate of Hillsborough County Public

13  Schools and in 1993 won the Teacher of the Year Award at Dover

14  Elementary School, and

15         WHEREAS, Mary Ann Diggs, as a language arts teacher,

16  with diligence and refinement, draws out the excellence she

17  knows lies within each of her students, and

18         WHEREAS, the students of Mary Ann Diggs have

19  consistently won numerous awards and achievements in local,

20  regional, and statewide competitions, contests, and fairs, and

21         WHEREAS, Mary Ann Diggs makes a profound difference in

22  the lives of her students, NOW, THEREFORE,

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24  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

25  Florida:

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27         That the House of Representatives recognizes Mary Ann

28  Diggs as the Hillsborough Education Foundation's 1998 Ida S.

29  Baker Distinguished Minority Educator and salutes her singular

30  efforts in elementary education.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9495

    577-127-98






  1         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  2  be presented to Mary Ann Diggs as a tangible token of the

  3  sentiments expressed herein.

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