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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING KRISTIN HAYES-LEITE ON BEING NAMED THE RHODE ISLAND

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

     Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Tanzi, Craven, O'Brien, and Knight

     Date Introduced: June 06, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Kristin Hayes-Leite, the Social Studies Department Chair at Narragansett

High School, has been named the Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. She was presented with the

award by Governor Raimondo and Education Commissioner Ken Wagner in a surprise ceremony

held in the school gymnasium where the audience was told by the Governor that "She is a leader,

she is innovative, she is compassionate, and she is completely committed to her students"; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Hayes-Leite is a graduate of Franklin Pierce College and Rhode Island

College, where she received a Master's degree in teaching and reading. She has worked at

Narragansett High School for sixteen years and in addition to her teaching duties, has helped to

create new elective courses, has assisted with extracurricular activities, and has been a member of

the school's Fuse Architect pilot team; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Hayes-Leite is a member of the National Council on the Social

Studies, the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators, and the International Reading

Association. She was named the Narragansett Employee of the Year and was awarded the Horace

Mann Abraham Lincoln Fellowship in 2010. Mrs. Hayes-Leite will now represent Rhode Island

in the National Teacher of the Year competition. During the 2017-2018 school year she will help

to develop policy and support education with the Rhode Island Department of Education; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Hayes-Leite has a deep love for learning and the learning process. She

cares deeply for each of her students and works tirelessly to help all of them reach their full

potential. She is an innovative educator who is not afraid to get outside of her comfort zone and

try new ideas and approaches in and outside the classroom. Mrs. Hayes-Leite is also someone

who has had to overcome many challenges in her own life, and it is her resiliency, strength of

character and deeply abiding commitment to her students that makes her a teacher who can relate

to her students and make them understand how much can truly be accomplished when one never

gives up in life. Perhaps Narragansett High School Senior Joe Lebeck summed up best her impact

on her students when he said about her, "What makes Mrs. Hayes-Leite so phenomenal at her job

is her ability to get the most out of her students"; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Mrs. Kristin Hayes-Leite of Narragansett High

School on being named the Rhode Island Teacher of the Year; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Kristin Hayes-Leite.

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