84R27842 CJM-D
	By: Martinez Fischer	H.R. No. 3026

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio
	celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding during the
	2014-2015 school year; and
	WHEREAS, The school was opened in 1964 and named for Oliver
	Wendell Holmes Jr., associate justice of the United States Supreme
	Court from 1902 until 1932; the campus, noted for its distinctive
	circular architecture, serves around 2,800 students from Bexar
	County; part of the Northside Independent School District, the
	school is home to the Business Careers High School magnet program,
	and dual-credit courses are available through Northwest Vista
	College; and
	WHEREAS, Now under the able leadership of principal Ada
	Bohlken and vice principal Lisa Hahne, Holmes High School provides
	its students with the opportunity to participate in a wide range of
	extracurricular activities, offering Academic University
	Interscholastic League events in a variety of disciplines,
	including social studies, theater, band, computer science,
	journalism, and speech; the school also sponsors football,
	baseball, basketball, soccer, and track teams, and students produce
	the quarterly publication Gavel Magazine as well as daily news
	broadcasts for the Holmes/Business Careers Network; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of the last half-century, Oliver
	Wendell Holmes High School has given numerous area youths a strong
	academic foundation on which to build, and it has made a lasting and
	positive impact in the lives of several generations of San Antonio
	residents; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Oliver
	Wendell Holmes High School and extend to its administration,
	faculty, staff, and students sincere best wishes for the future;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.