City Council June 17, 2015
RESOLUTION
CONGRATULATING ST. BARBARA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DORENE HURCKES ON HER RETIREMENT
WHEREAS it has come to our attention that St. Barbara School Principal Dorene Hurckes has announced that she will retire at the end of the school year, and
WHEREAS in celebration of Principal Hurckes' long educational career and devotion to St. Barbara School for forty-four years there will be a mass of thanksgiving on Sunday, May 31, 20 I 5, and
WHEREAS Mrs. Hurckes came to St. Barbara School as a kindergarten teacher in 1971, and
WHEREAS Mrs. Hurckes became Principal in 1988 and then assumed the additional role of High School Principal from 1996 to 200 I, and
WHEREAS M rs. Hurckes received her Bachelor's degree in education from DePaul University and her Master's degree from St. Xavier University, and
WHEREAS Mrs. Hurckes has been married to her husband Michael for over forty years and together they have two daughters, Alexandria ( Hurckes) Villanueva and Jennifer ( Hurckes) Murphy, both of whom are St. Barbara alumni, and
WHEREAS Principal Dorene Hurckes has impacted the lives of countless youths through her extensive career as an educator and principal, and.
BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Mayor and the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this 17"' Day of June in 2015 do hereby extend its warm wishes and congratulations to Dorene Hurckes on her retirement, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Dorene Hurcke i n recognition of her achievement.