2018 -- H 8198

========

LC005738

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING E-CUBED ACADEMY STUDENTS ON WINNING THE HIGH

SCHOOL CHANGE MAKER AWARD AT GENERATION CITIZEN'S CIVIC DAY

     Introduced By: Representatives Ranglin-Vassell, Shekarchi, Morgan, Mattiello, and
Donovan

     Date Introduced: May 15, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Generation Citizen's Program believes that all students "have the right

to an effective civics education that prepares them to participate in our democracy." The Program

teaches students various methods to engage with their democracy to produce meaningful change;

and

     WHEREAS, Biannually, at the end of the fall and spring semesters, Generation Citizen

hosts Civics Day, where students’ projects are showcased. The students advocate for their issues

to a local audience and collect feedback on their plans from panels of judges; and

     WHEREAS, As part of their involvement in the Generation Citizen's Program, students

from John Healy's history class at E-Cubed Academy developed an idea and began advocating for

legislation requiring every public high school in Rhode Island to have a functioning science

laboratory; and

     WHEREAS, The students from E-Cubed Academy helped to draft House Bill 7974 and

provided testimony at the bill's hearing before the House Health, Education and Welfare

Committee, offering reasons why a fully-functional science lab in every high school in the state is

essential; and

     WHEREAS, The student's efforts brought resounding support and admiration from the

judges and earned them the High School Change Maker Award; and

     WHEREAS, It is essential and fitting to recognize our youth and to celebrate their

accomplishments. They are our future leaders. Ensuring that our students have the capacity and

the will to make change will build a brighter future for all Rhode Islanders; now therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates John Healy's history class students from E-Cubed

Academy on winning the High School Change Maker Award at Generation Citizen's Civic Day.

We furthermore wish them the very best of luck in all their future endeavors; 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 Mr. John Healy, E-Cubed Academy.

========

LC005738

========

LC005738 - Page 2 of 2