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2022 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 681 Offered May 31, 2022 Commending the STEAM Program at Hillsboro Charter Academy. ---------- Patron-- LaRock ----------

WHEREAS, the STEAM Program at Hillsboro Charter Academy in Loudoun County received the 2022 Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educator Association; and

WHEREAS, sponsored by the International Technology and Engineering Educator Association (ITEEA) and Paxton/Patterson, the Program Excellence Award honors outstanding classroom programs that help students achieve their fullest potential and make valuable contributions to the field of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education; and

WHEREAS, STEAM education has played an important role at Hillsboro Charter Academy since the school’s establishment in 2016; and

WHEREAS, the STEAM Program at Hillsboro Charter Academy features an innovative studio class where students engage with scientific concepts through real-world challenges, as well as daily Explore! Engage! Engineer! (E3) learning projects; and

WHEREAS, E3 incorporates and integrates core subject lessons and gives students opportunities to complete engineering design challenges, participate in STEAM demonstrations, or pursue passion projects; and

WHEREAS, the STEAM Program at Hillsboro Charter Academy has succeeded through the hard work of its faculty and staff members, Wendy Dalton, Tiffany Miller, Miranda Meadows O’Toole, Nicole Mullins, Stefanie Krimsky, Stacie Kling, Megan Tucker, Beth Fuller, Paula Dillon, Mara Morgan, Katie Moeser, Julie Epstein, Wendy Newman, and Jess Ellinger; and

WHEREAS, Hillsboro Charter Academy has also been recognized as an ITEEA School of Excellence for three consecutive years; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the STEAM Program at Hillsboro Charter Academy hereby be commended on receiving the 2022 Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educator Association; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the STEAM Program at Hillsboro Charter Academy as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for the hard work and dedication of its staff members and the program’s work to create new opportunities for students.