Legislation Details

Record #: R2019-421   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 6/12/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 6/12/2019
Title: Congratulations extended to Pamela Falkenberg on retirement from teaching profession
Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E. , Sadlowski Garza, Susan
Attachments: 1. R2019-421.pdf

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RESOLUTION

CONGRATULATING PAMELA FALKENBERG ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE TEACHING PROFESSION AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE

 

 

WHEREAS, Pamela Falkenberg, a teacher at Jane Addams Elementary School for the Chicago Public Schools, is retiring after thirty years of distinguished service; and

WHEREAS, Pamela was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 27, 1957; and

WHEREAS, Pamela received her primary education at Sheldon School and Saint Cajetan, and her secondary education at Mother McAuley High School; and

WHEREAS, Pamela received her college and graduate education at the University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign, Governors State University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Pamela began her teaching career at Charles Hammond Elementary School in

1989; and

WHEREAS, Pamela continued her teaching career as part of the staff of Jane Addams Elementary School since 1993; and

WHEREAS, Pamela has dedicated herself to the care and instruction of her students, encouraged their positive growth and development, and served as an invaluable asset to her community and profession throughout her long career; and

WHEREAS, Pamela has also been the proud mother to her sons Robert and Brian, while faithfully serving as a teacher; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Chicago City Council, have been informed of this significant occasion by the Honorable Susan Sadlowski-Garza, Alderman of the Tenth Ward; and

BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and Members of the Chicago City Council, gather here this (date), do hereby do hereby and express our deep gratitude to Pamela Falkenberg for her service and extend our very best wishes for a wonderful retirement and continued happiness; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy be presented to Pamela Falkenberg as a sign of our utmost honor and respect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan Sadlowski-Garza,

 

Alderman, 10th Ward