Senate Bill sb1990

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 1990

    By Senator Alexander





    17-1221A-06                                             See HB

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring Samuel Bennett as the

  3         2005 Florida Teacher of the Year.

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  5         WHEREAS, Samuel Bennett left his job as a police

  6  officer in the 1970s to attend school with one goal in mind:

  7  influencing young students in a positive way by becoming an

  8  elementary school teacher, and

  9         WHEREAS, a skilled communicator who strives to keep

10  learning interesting for his fifth-grade students at Winter

11  Haven's Garner Elementary School and who places a strong

12  emphasis on parental involvement, Mr. Bennett has a master's

13  degree in elementary education, has 12 years of teaching

14  experience in Polk County, and is currently a doctoral

15  candidate in organizational leadership, and

16         WHEREAS, Mr. Bennett's love for his students and fellow

17  teachers extends far beyond the classroom in that he organized

18  efforts to help staff members whose homes suffered damage or

19  were destroyed in the 2004 hurricanes and organized the

20  school's Single Parent Association, a group that offers

21  resources for single-parent households, the development of

22  which earned him a Disney Teacherrific Award, and

23         WHEREAS, Samuel Bennett, known to his students as "Mr.

24  B," was, for his outstanding efforts, named 2005 Polk County

25  Teacher of the Year after being selected from five finalists

26  from the ranks of 177,000 public school teachers for the state

27  title and is currently one of four finalists for the title of

28  National Teacher of the Year, NOW, THEREFORE,

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30  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 1990
    17-1221A-06                                             See HB




 1         That Samuel Bennett is recognized for being named

 2  Florida's Teacher of the Year for 2005 and for his continued

 3  dedication to his students and fellow faculty members as well

 4  as for his efforts on behalf of the young citizens who will

 5  one day become the future of the great State of Florida.

 6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

 7  be presented to Samuel Bennett as a tangible token of the

 8  sentiments expressed herein.

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