A Resolution
adopted byThe City Council
of the City of Chicago, Illinois
Presented by MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL
WHEREAS, Established in 1999 with a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program helps provide educational opportunities to outstanding minority students with significant financial need; and
WHEREAS, The Gates Millennium Scholars Program provides scholarships for college through graduate school, as well as leadership development programs to encourage personal, academic, and professional growth; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program has done much to allay the underrepresentation of minority groups in numerous academic disciplines, thereby helping to diversify the future leadership of America; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-five of this year's 1,000 Gates Millennium Scholars are graduating from high schools in the City of Chicago's public school system; and
WHEREAS, All of Chicago is tremendously proud of the hard work and dedication of its Millennium Scholars; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this eighth day of May, 2013, do hereby congratulate the Chicago Public School students named Gates Millennium Scholars, and wish them continued success in their future academic and other pursuits; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, as a sign of our admiration and respect, suitable copies of this resolution be presented to:
Marco Aguillon from Juarez Community Academy; Eduardo Alejandro from Lindblom Math & Science Academy;
>
Shelly Almeida from North-Grand High School; Christin Carter from DeVry Advantage Academy; Edna Espino from Young Magnet High School; Brenda Flores from Westinghouse High School;
Edwin German from Infinity Math, Science & Technology High School;
Cherese Hamp from Simeon Caree...
Click here for full text