LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Colleen Skadl upon the occasion of her
designation as recipient of the Education Award by the Town of Brookha-
ven Office of Women's Services on March 26, 2009

WHEREAS, Individuals who give of their time and energies and serve the
best interests of their communities are an asset beyond remuneration and
cannot be sufficiently extolled; and
WHEREAS, Colleen Skadl has given not only of her time and energies but
also of her competence, intelligence and leadership and consequently has
been designated for special honor; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Colleen Skadl
upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Education Award
by the Town of Brookhaven Office of Women's Services in celebration of
National Women's History Month at its 23rd Annual Women's Recognition
Night, held on Thursday, March 26, 2009, at Brookhaven Town Hall Audito-
rium, Farmingville, New York; and
WHEREAS, Colleen Skadl is being honored for her professional achieve-
ments as well as for the generosity and enthusiasm with which she graces
the Town of Brookhaven; and
WHEREAS, Colleen Skadl, a Social Studies teacher at Longwood High
School, was educated at the State University of New York at Stony Brook;
and
WHEREAS, Joining the staff at Longwood High School in 1998, a school
of nearly 300 teachers and 3,200 students, Colleen Skadl has distin-
guished herself as not only a talented and dedicated teacher, but as a
motivator of students and faculty alike; and
WHEREAS, Colleen Skadl teaches both advanced and "at risk" students
and has been instrumental in establishing a number of innovative
programs including the "Gamers Guide" and the Leo Club; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Colleen Skadl works with Longwood High School's
alternative school and has spent countless hours helping create the
alternative school's first newspaper; clearly her dedication and passion
for teaching have earned her the respect and admiration of the Longwood
community; and
WHEREAS, Always encouraging her students to think outside the box, and
think of others, Colleen Skadl recently spearheaded an effort to raise
money for the "Invisible Children" campaign to help build schools in
war-torn Uganda; the students and the entire school body joined in this
effort raising a significant amount through various fundraisers such as
a talent show and collecting over 50,000 books; due to this tremendous
effort, Longwood High School was ranked among the top five in the Nation
for fundraising for this project; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of her community service, a
period of constructive involvement, Colleen Skadl has stood constant in
dignity, good grace and humor; and
WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by an individ-
ual for the benefit of others which Colleen Skadl has displayed through-
out her life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Colleen Skadl upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of
the Education Award by the Town of Brookhaven Office of Women's Services
on March 26, 2009; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Colleen Skadl, Yaphank, New York.