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2018 National History Day Resolution

WHEREAS the State Board of Education considers high academic standards as the foundation of public education in Texas; and

WHEREAS the National History Day program fosters academic achievement and intellectual growth, requires student participants to conduct extensive primary and secondary source research on a topic of historical significance, and promotes pride in each student participant’s heritage and in our nation’s history and place in the world; and

WHEREAS the annual National History Day contest with the theme of Conflict and Compromise in History was held in College Park, Maryland, on June 10-14, 2018; and

WHEREAS Raymundo Barrera, Roland Reyes, Abigail Tack, Isaiah Thomas, and Héctor Torres of Nimitz High School in Houston, Texas, won Third Place in the Senior Group Exhibit category with their project titled The Chamizal Dispute: A Century of Conflict; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education does hereby congratulate these 2018 National History Day winners from the Aldine Independent School District; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to the aforementioned students for their winning project at the 2018 National History Day contest and that a copy be included in the permanent records of the State Board of Education.

WITNESS our signatures this sixteenth day of November, two thousand and eighteen, in Austin, Texas.


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Donna Bahorich, Chair


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Ruben Cortez, Jr., Secretary