HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.244           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

CONGRATULATING THE MILKEN EDUCATOR AWARDEES: IRENE YAMASHITA,
   KATHY NAGAJI, JANE SERIKAKU, AND ANNE MARIE LEBLANC-ERQUIZA. 


 1       WHEREAS, the purpose of the Milken Family Foundation is to
 2   discover and advance inventive and effective ways of helping
 3   people help themselves and those around them lead productive
 4   and satisfying lives through education and medical research;
 5   and
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 7       WHEREAS, the goal of the Milken Family Foundation National
 8   Educator Awards is to honor and reward outstanding K-12
 9   educators for the quality of their teaching, their professional
10   leadership, their engagement with families and the community,
11   and their potential for even greater contribution to the
12   healthy development of children; and
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14       WHEREAS, Irene Yamashita is an oral communication and video
15   teacher for grades P-6 at Kapunahala Elementary School, Jane
16   Serikaku is a principal at Iliahi Elementary School, Anne Marie
17   LeBlanc-Erquiza is a third grade teacher at Kamiloiki
18   Elementary School, and Kathy Nagaji is a curriculum coordinator
19   at Pearl Ridge Elementary School; and
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21       WHEREAS, Irene Yamashita, Jane Serikaku, Anne Marie
22   LeBlanc-Erquiza, and Kathy Nagaji have demonstrated exceptional
23   educational talent and promise in the classroom, school, and
24   community; now, therefore,
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26       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
27   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
28   of 1999,that this body hereby congratulates Irene Yamashita,
29   Jane Serikaku, Anne Marie LeBlanc-Erquiza, and Kathy Nagaji,
30   for being awarded the 1998 Milken Family Foundation National
31   Educator Awards, and extends its warmest aloha and best wishes
32   for continued success in all future endeavors.
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