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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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RECOGNIZING SOCORRO GOMEZ-POTTER FOR HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN | |
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PUBLIC EDUCATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Pichardo, Metts, and Cool Rumsey | |
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Date Introduced: June 19, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, Since taking the helm as Principal of the Reservoir Avenue Elementary |
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School eight years ago, Socorro Gomez-Potter has inspired her staff and the school’s students to |
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envision their possibilities and to believe that they can build a future full of promise; and |
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WHEREAS, Socorro Gomez-Potter was born in Jalisco, Mexico. As a young child, she |
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emigrated from her homeland and attended elementary school through post graduate studies in |
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the State of California while toiling as a migrant worker in the grape fields; and |
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WHEREAS, Credited with many admirable “firsts,” Ms. Gomez-Potter was the first |
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Latina from her community to graduate from college and she was the first Mexican teacher hired |
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at her former elementary school; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1995, Ms. Gomez-Potter moved to Rhode Island and was hired as the |
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Assistant Principal at Roger Williams Middle School. In 1997, she became the Principal of Alfred |
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Lima School and seven years later, she was named Principal of the Reservoir Avenue Elementary |
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School, a position she has held for the past eight years; and |
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WHEREAS, During her tenure at the Reservoir Avenue Elementary School, Principal |
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Gomez-Potter has been a true and proven champion of education and she is a tremendous asset to |
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both the school and the community. She not only actively engages her students, but also their |
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families by organizing and promoting school events, community involvement, and family |
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leadership; and |
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WHEREAS, For the past seven years, the school has earned consistent Adequate Yearly |
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Progress reports and the school’s students have distinguished themselves in myriad areas of the |
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NECAP. In addition, two years ago, Reservoir Avenue Elementary was one of two schools in the |
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state to attain the greatest gains in Reading and Science performance. This year, the school is top- |
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ranked among all Providence Schools; and |
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WHEREAS, Principal Gomez-Potter is a paradigm of the very best leadership qualities. |
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Her genuine love of learning has already helped hundreds of children to succeed and she is |
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eminently worthy of our praise and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby recognizes and applauds Principal Gomez-Potter for her outstanding leadership and |
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dedication to the students of the Reservoir Avenue Elementary School. We wish her the very |
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best of health, happiness, and success in all her future endeavors; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Socorro Gomez-Potter. |
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