SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 84
	WHEREAS, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy in the San Antonio
	Independent School District is celebrating the 100th anniversary
	of its founding during the 2023-2024 school year; and
	WHEREAS, Named after renowned American author Nathaniel
	Hawthorne, Hawthorne Academy opened its doors in 1923 as one of
	San Antonio ISD's eight original junior high schools, and it
	earned the distinction of being part of the first system of
	junior high schools to be built from the ground up in the United
	States; it became an elementary school in 1975 and then an
	internal charter academy in 2001; and
	WHEREAS, Today, Hawthorne Academy serves students in
	kindergarten through the eighth grade, and it benefits from the
	able guidance of its principal, Kristina L. Smith; the school
	features a program specialization in fine arts as well as a
	comprehensive curriculum focused on the development of academic
	and leadership skills, and it also offers a wide range of
	extracurricular activities, including band, coding club, theater
	arts, and athletics; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of the last century, Hawthorne
	Academy has provided area youth with a strong educational
	foundation on which to build, and it has made a lasting and
	positive impact in the lives of generations of San Antonio
	residents; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the
	centennial of Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy in San Antonio and
	extend to all those associated with the school sincere best
	wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
	prepared for the academy as an expression of high regard from the
	Texas Senate.
	Men ndez
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on November 7, 2023.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate