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                     S TATE               OF     RHODE               IS L A N D
                                          IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                                    JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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                                SEN A TE            RES O LU TIO N
     CONGRATULATING AND THANKING THE HONORABLE HANNA M. GALLO ON THE
      OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FROM THE CRANSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
              Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Pearson, Lombardo, F. Lombardi, Felag, Sosnowski,
                              Picard, LaMountain, Lauria, and Ciccone
              Date Introduced: June 15, 2023
              Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration
          WHEREAS, The Honorable Hanna M. Gallo was born in Colorado Springs, but shortly
  thereafter moved to Rhode Island, and grew up in the City of Providence. At a young age, her
  parents very successfully instilled her with a tremendous work ethic and the desire to pursue
  higher education; and
          WHEREAS, Senator Gallo attended a Catholic grammar school, St. Mary's Visitation
  High School, and earned a degree in Liberal Arts from the Community College of Rhode Island,
  and later attained a Business degree from CCRI. She and her husband, Russell, chose the Garden
  City neighborhood in Cranston to make their home and raise their daughters, Julie and Laura, and
  have lived there for 40 years; and
         WHEREAS, A devoted mom, when one of the Gallo girls was born with a hearing
 impairment, Senator Gallo was inspired to pursue a degree in speech-language pathology. She
 returned to school, earning a Bachelor of Science in Communicative Disorders and a Master of
 Science in Speech Language from the University of Rhode Island; and
         WHEREAS, Senator Gallo initially began her teaching career as a Speech Language
 Pathologist with the South Kingstown School Department in 1997, before joining the faculty of
 the Cranston School Department in 2005, where she has been a Speech Language Pathologist
 working with small groups of children in order to help them overcome speech impediments and
 improve their oral communication skills; and
         WHEREAS, In addition, Senator Gallo's responsibilities as a SLP included organizing
  and implementing therapy programs to meet the needs of the school's speech, language, and
  hearing-impaired students, and assisting students with a panoply of speech and language related
  challenges in order to enable them to meet performance standards; and
          WHEREAS, For Senator Gallo, her family always came first, so teaching became her
  second career, and in January of 1999, she started her third job as a State Senator where she
  incorporated her knowledge of children and education in order to very effectively Chair the
  Senate Committee on Education for many years, and served on both the Board of Regents and
  Commission on Civic Education; and
          WHEREAS, The Honorable Senator Gallo will be retiring from the Cranston School
 Department, but will certainly continue to shape education in our State. Her teaching skills and
 after-school programs have improved the educational experience and the lives of many young
 people throughout her twenty-five years in teaching; and
         WHEREAS, Senator Gallo's accomplishments in support of education and civic
 involvement have earned her numerous honors over the years including, a Distinguished Service
 Award for school construction, the Paul Crowley Award, an award for Civic Engagement, and
 induction into the Community College of Rhode Island Alumni Association's Society of the
 Knights, which is given to alumni who have been active as community leaders, attained personal
 and professional success, provided volunteer service to the college community and have brought
 honor upon themselves and the college, to name but a few; and
         WHEREAS, The Cranston School system will be losing a valued teacher who has had a
 positive and rewarding influence on the lives of her students, but there is little doubt that the
 Honorable Hanna M. Gallo will continue to build a better educational system, a greener planet,
 and a brighter tomorrow for future generations of Rhode Islanders; now, therefore be it
         RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates and
 thanks the Honorable Hanna M. Gallo as she retires from the Cranston School Department and
 wishes her continued success and much happiness; and be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to
 transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Hanna M. Gallo.
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