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
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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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