House Bill hb9025

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HR 9025

        By Representatives Melvin, Miller and Brown






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the Plew Elementary

  3         Knowledge Masters team.

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  5         WHEREAS, begun in 1981, the Knowledge Master Open is a

  6  challenging, low-cost academic competition in which teams of

  7  students compete on an international level without leaving

  8  their own schools, and

  9         WHEREAS, elementary-level Knowledge Master teams

10  compete, using a computer at their own schools, by answering

11  100 questions in the areas of American history, world history,

12  government, recent events, geography, literature, English,

13  math, physical science, biology, earth science, health and

14  psychology, fine arts, and useless trivia within a 1 1/2-hour

15  time period, and

16         WHEREAS, on January 24, 2001, students at Plew

17  Elementary School in Niceville participated in the Knowledge

18  Masters Open, and

19         WHEREAS, the Plew Elementary Knowledge Masters team

20  answered 99 out of 100 questions correctly, earning a score of

21  798 and placing first in the State of Florida, and

22         WHEREAS, in addition to their remarkable showing among

23  Florida schools, the Plew Elementary Knowledge Masters team

24  achieved the second highest score out of all teams

25  participating, earning a number-2 ranking internationally, and

26         WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that Ben Rast,

27  captain; Esther Hsiang, co-captain; Jacquelyn Babe; Patrick

28  Tully; Tyler Williams; Kyle Ulrich; Dana Ziegler; Paul Smith;

29  Alex Sincore; Jennifer Flowers; Daniel Elsesser; Melissa

30  McCown; and Ryan Rodriguez be recognized for their

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HR 9025

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  1  accomplishment as the members of the Plew Elementary Knowledge

  2  Masters team, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

  5  Florida:

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  7         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  8  deliberations to honor the outstanding achievement of the

  9  young men and women of the Plew Elementary Knowledge Masters

10  team and extends heartiest congratulations on their remarkable

11  performance and sincerest best wishes for success in future

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