WHEREAS, the progress, prosperity, and tranquility of all states and nations depends upon the successful education of their citizens and upon the wise and informed leadership those citizens can then provide; and

WHEREAS, promoting and rewarding intellectual distinction among our young people ranks as a prime concern of our state; and

WHEREAS, students from Delaware public high schools have been identified for their distinguished academic achievement and for their leadership in statewide organizations; and

WHEREAS, their accomplishments reflect with great favor upon the skilled work of Delaware educators and upon the generous support these students have received from their relatives, friends, and neighbors; and

WHEREAS, the people of Delaware take pride in the accomplishments of these students, whose discipline, maturity, and diligence have enabled them to make full use of their native gifts; and

WHEREAS, such public recognition will encourage all students to strive to develop fully and ensure the prosperity of the state as well as the personal enrichment of their lives;

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the 147^th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring, commends and extends its best wishes for continued success to those students chosen as Secretary of Education Scholars of 2014, namely:

• Appoquinimink School District: Mehreen Haque, Jingcheng Lu, and Ryan Taylor, Appoquinimink High School; Amber Celen and Jason Mulderrig, Middletown High School;

• Brandywine School District: Andrew Gross and Kirstyn Taylor, Brandywine High School; Quan Bui and David Buzdygon, Concord High School; and Gwen Diebold and Varsha Kripalu, Mount Pleasant High School;

• Caesar Rodney School District: Connor Castellon, Patrick Gallucci, Logan Paige and Madison Stark, Caesar Rodney High School;

• Cape Henlopen School District: Nicole Dumigan and Dimple Patel, Cape Henlopen High School;

• Capital School District: Alice Miller, Ifunanya Nwogbaga and Ashley Wong, Dover High School;

• Christina School District: Gopal Chhibba, and Christine Obeng, Christiana High School; Mackenzie Gurczenski and Elizabeth Hubbs, Glasgow High School; Vanessa Marianiello, Eric Walker and Kathy Xie, Newark High School;

• Colonial School District: Lisa Davis, Tara Keller, Devin Nichols and Anastasia Thomas, William Penn High School;

• Delmar School District: Benjamin Noonan and Dhvani Patel, Delmar High School;

• Indian River School District: Joshua Kleinstuber and Nell Weaver, Indian River High School; Caitlyn Ash and Mason Chambers, Sussex Central High School;

• Lake Forest School District: Erin Baker and Shannon Sussman, Lake Forest High School;

• Laurel School District: Gabrielle Culver and Alyssa Givens, Laurel High School;

• Milford School District: Robert Clendaniel and Colby Miller, Milford High School;

• New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District: Tahj Boston, Abriel Freeman and Aziza Taylor, Delcastle Technical High School; William Becker, Jr. and Tiddy Mauti, Hodgson Vocational Technical High School; Ryan Palmarella and Eric Wright, Howard High School of Technology; Larissa Rivera-Butler and Amanda Smith, St. Georges Technical High School;

• POLYTECH School District: Allison Brown and Jessica Bursler, POLYTECH High School;

• Red Clay Consolidated School District: Joyelle Gilbert and Reilly Megee, Cab Calloway School of the Arts; Christopher Catalan and Casey Williams, Conrad Schools of Science; Katerina Seifert and Wai Tang, John Dickinson High School; Sandra Estrada and Natalie Lantz, Alexis I. duPont High School; Miriam Villalobos and Emily Wagner, Thomas McKean High School;

• Seaford School District: Alexander Mitan and Caitlin Stanton, Seaford High School;

• Smyrna School District: Lauren Bowser and Taylor Dixon, Smyrna High School;

• Sussex Technical School District: Shelby McBroom, Megan Parkhurst and Bansri Patel, Sussex Technical High School;

• Woodbridge School District: Kirsten Blake and Horacio Reyna, Woodbridge High School;

• Martin Kurian and Kevin Ye, Charter School of Wilmington;

• Mark LaRue and Jennifer Shellenberger, Delaware Military Academy

• Rachael Georges, Positive Outcomes Charter School

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the Secretary of Education for distribution to the students chosen for this special honor.

SPONSOR:	Rep. Scott, on behalf of all Representatives & Sen. Sokola, on behalf of all Senators