State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-THIRD SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2008  

831P0798   HOUSE COMMEMORATION   NO.   1027  

Introduced by:     Representatives Feinstein, Cutler, Engels, Glenski, Heineman, Hunt, Krebs, Miles, Peters, and Thompson and Senators Heidepriem, Abdallah, Dempster, Knudson, and Koetzle
 

         A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,  Honoring Jeff Berndt for being selected as the South Dakota Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year.

     WHEREAS,  the Siemens Foundation of New Jersey selected Jeff Berndt as the Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year in South Dakota, sharing the honor with one teacher from each of the other forty-nine states; and

     WHEREAS,  Jeff Berndt, physics teacher, has been teaching at Sioux Falls Washington High School for ten years where his students have achieved an eighty percent pass rate on the advanced placement test; and

     WHEREAS,  Jeff Berndt has dedicated his time and effort to his students by setting his expectations high, demanding the most effort, urging them to put effort into everything they do, and treating them like family:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,  by the Eighty-Third Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that Jeff Berndt be honored for his dedication and service to Washington High School and for receiving the South Dakota Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year Award.