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SENATE MEMORIAL 33

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Gay G. Kernan

A MEMORIAL

COMMENDING SANGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL NANCY HAVINK ON

BEING NAMED NEW MEXICO'S 2006 PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink is the much-loved and respected

principal of Sanger elementary school in Hobbs; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink has served her district as a testing

coordinator, a mentor for new principals and a developer of

workshops on writing instruction and classroom computer use;

and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink is known for the many unique and

special ways she finds to bond with her students; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink is an active principal whose

commitment is clearly evident through programs she has designed

to meet the academic and social needs of all students, and

through her firmly established community ties with parents and

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local business organizations; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink's accomplishments include morning

math and English "challenges" to stimulate students' thinking

each day, a hands-on science lab, a thirty-minute writing

program and a parent-staffed resource room for learning

enrichment; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink's strong belief in hands-on learning

is visible on the walls of Sanger elementary, which are

decorated with colorful student-painted national and state

symbols; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink is recognized as a school principal

who consistently goes above and beyond what is expected in the

usual school program; and

WHEREAS, the national distinguished principals program was

established in 1984 as an annual event to honor exemplary

elementary and middle school principals who set the pace,

character and quality of the education children receive during

their early school years; and

WHEREAS, the national distinguished principals program is

jointly sponsored by the United States department of education

and the national association of elementary school principals;

and

WHEREAS, the national distinguished principals program

honors one principal from each state who shows a strong

commitment to the principalship through active membership in

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professional associations; is respected by students,

colleagues, parents and the community at large; assumes an

active role in the community; is a leader in civic, religious

or humanitarian activities; shows strong educational leadership

by setting high expectations for school staff and students; and

maintains an orderly purposeful learning environment; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Havink was selected under the national

distinguished principals program as New Mexico's principal of

the year for 2006;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that Nancy Havink be commended for her

outstanding work as principal of Sanger elementary school; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Nancy Havink be commended for

earning the distinguished honor of being named New Mexico's

principal of the year; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to Nancy Havink and Sanger elementary school.

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