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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONGRATULATING MEMBERS OF THE ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAMS | |
ON TAKING TOP HONORS IN BOTH DIVISIONS OF THE 5TH ANNUAL SEAPERCH | |
DERBY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, DiPalma, Algiere, Lombardi, and Felag | |
Date Introduced: February 03, 2016 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, In December of 2015, nearly 100 middle school and high school students, |
2 | representing twenty-three teams from New Bedford, Sterling, and Hyannis, Massachusetts and |
3 | Newport, Rhode Island, gathered at New Bedford High School to compete in the 5th Annual |
4 | SeaPerch Derby; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport |
6 | (NUWC) and the Undersea Science and Engineering Foundation (USEF), the competition "is |
7 | designed to promote excellence and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
8 | (STEM) education among high school and middle school students"; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Members of the Rogers High School Open Division Team and the High |
10 | School Division Team swept the competition, taking top honors. Top scorers from this |
11 | competition will advance to the National SeaPerch Competition in May of 2016, at Louisiana |
12 | State University; and |
13 | WHEREAS, It is essential and fitting to recognize the triumphs of our youth and to |
14 | celebrate the accomplishments of our future leaders. The members of the Rogers High School |
15 | Robotics Teams are remarkable young men and women. They exemplify everything that young |
16 | people can achieve and are truly deserving of our recognition and praise; now, therefore be it |
17 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
18 | hereby congratulates members of the Rogers High School Robotics Teams on taking top honors |
19 | in both divisions of the 5th annual SeaPerch Derby. We furthermore wish them continued success |
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1 | in all their future endeavors; and be it further |
2 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
3 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Carlie R. Walton, Sierra L. Walton, Pandora A. |
4 | Walker, Juliana M. DiMeglio, Lucas A. Machado, Tasia M. Terrell, Ashley L. Bronk, Stefanny |
5 | Martinez, Rose A. Kutsaftis, Joseph S. Frederick, II, Noah A. Manuel, David R. Breault, and |
6 | Cooper D. MacNicholl. |
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