SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 2
A RESOLUTION, Commending the Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) pilot program at Wagner
Community School, and honoring Sage Zephier for delivering the student address for the JAG
National Leadership Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C.
WHEREAS, Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping students stay in school through graduation, pursue postsecondary education, and
secure quality entry-level jobs leading to career advancement opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the JAG pilot program at Wagner Community School is helping Wagner area
students between seventh and twelfth grades develop leadership skills, participate in community
service, prepare for college, and identify high quality careers; and
WHEREAS, the Wagner Community School, staff, and JAG specialists including Superintendent
Susan Smit, High School Principal Neil Goter, Middle School Principal Steve Petry, and JAG
specialists Renee VanDerWerff, Tana Langdeaux, Vanessa Iverson, and John Tyler have been
successfully leading the program with its first graduating class in 2013; and
WHEREAS, the 2013 graduating class includes Cheyenne Eldredge, Laurelle Gunhammer, Noah
Leines, Joseph Mattis, Clarissa Medicine Horn, Clifford O'Connor, Korey Patterson, Tyler Provost,
Sierra Williamson, Alexander "Zane" Zephier, and Sage Zephier; and
WHEREAS, among the graduating class, Sage Zephier was selected from more than forty-three
thousand JAG students nationwide to deliver the student address for the JAG National Leadership
Awards Luncheon in front of one thousand attendees in Washington, D.C:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Senate of the Eighty-Eighth Legislature of the
State of South Dakota, that the Senate commends Wagner Community School, staff, and students
in JAG for their efforts to help South Dakota students succeed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Senate honors Sage Zephier for delivering the student
address for the JAG National Leadership Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C.
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Matt Michels
President of the Senate
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Jeannette Schipper
Secretary of the Senate
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