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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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