HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

214

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

CONGRATULATING DESIRE DESOTO AS THE 2018 HAWAII SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR AND THE 2019 NATIONAL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR FINALIST.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the American School Counselor Association supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, career, social, and emotional development so that they may achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society; and

 

     WHEREAS, DESIRE DESOTO, a graduate from Whitworth University, Chaminade University, and Walden University, has embarked on her twelfth year at Waianae High School; and

 

     WHEREAS, DESIRE DESOTO serves as the school's counselor and has been named as a 2019 School Counselor of the Year finalist by the American School Counselor Association; and

 

     WHEREAS, DESIRE DESOTO is dedicated to fighting for educational equity and opportunities for those in special education, the economically disadvantaged, minorities, first generation students, and Native Hawaiian students; and

 

     WHEREAS, DESIRE DESOTO has had a critical role in implementing the Waianae to Whitworth Auwai, which is a collaborative school counselor-initiated leadership program which covers room and board, tuition, and books for a cohort of graduating seniors from public schools on the Waianae Coast to attend Whitworth University; and

 

     WHEREAS, DESIRE DESOTO "has helped to advance school counseling and maximize the educational, academic, career, and social development of her students," according to Superintendent Christina Kishimoto; and

     WHEREAS, DESIRE DESOTO, in her free time, also volunteers with local organizations that offer instruction in ocean activities and teach the importance of taking care of the ocean waters and natural resources to children; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, that this body hereby commends, congratulates, and honors DESIRE DESOTO for her outstanding accomplishments and much-deserved recognition, and extends to her its sincerest mahalo and best wishes for continued success in all future endeavors.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

DESIRE DESOTO; THE 2018 HAWAII SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR; THE 2019 NATIONAL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR FINALIST.