RESOLUTION HONORING NORTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHEREAS, Northwest Middle School is a Chicago Public School for Grades 6-8 in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, this esteemed body has been informed of the achievements of this school by the Honorable Gilbert Villegas; and
WHEREAS, besides preparing students to attend high schools of all types (i.e., selective enrollment and neighborhood) throughout the City, Northwest Middle School is actively engaged in fundraising for childhood cancer research; and
WHEREAS, the school's fundraising efforts have been led by the Local School Council and the Student Council; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 Northwest Middle School worked with the 25th District of the Chicago Police Department on their annual St. Baldrick's Foundation event. The school sponsored a school dance, "Spring into Charity" in memory of Ms. Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski, 7th grade Science teacher. The dance was very successful, raising $630; and
WHEREAS, this year this school partnered with the Chicago Police Academy to raise money for research in the fight against cancer. The school's event, "Dancing for a Cure", raised $598 in honor of Juan Benjamin Bautista, an alumni of Northwest Middle School diagnosed with leukemia. Juan is currently a senior at Prosser Career Academy and plans on going to the University of Illinois at Chicago in the fall to study medicine; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this 18th day of May, 2016, do hereby congratulate Northwest Middle School for their tremendous fundraising efforts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Northwest Middle School as a token of our admiration and appreciation.