Proclamation Village of NPB Jean Boller Memorial Reading WeekPROCLAMATION
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
JEAN ROLLER MEMORIAL READING WEEK
WHEREAS, in support of County and Statewide readingand
literacy initiatives, "Prime Time F
For Reading",, and National
Children's Book week, the Village of North Palm Beach recognizes
the services rendered and contributions made by the late Jean
Boller, a twenty-nine year resident of the
Village, to our
children's reading education; and
t WHEREAS, the North Palm Beach Branch of the American
� Association o an
f University Women, of which Jean was a fourteen
member and officer, enc year
life) outages positive societal change through
lifelong learning which has as its foundation the lof '
i and love reading;
WHEREAS, Jean Boller, from a family of teachers
and affected the learningof taught
over 2 , 000 children in her twenty-five
years of early childhood teaching in our community;
and
WHEREAS., she achieved and held the rank of Master
at North Palm Beach Elementary� Teacher
School, and her interest in each
Young student continued long after her tenure as thea
ended; and r teacher had
WHEREAS, she had an uncompromising commitment to
each child's self esteem build
and really cared about children,
approaching them as fragile blossoms to be nourished ourished over a
lifetime, and exemplified f ied the caring selfless nature of a child -
centered educator; and
WHEREAS, she brought to her profession
understanding, love and respect for a unique
herself to t p young people, and devoted
heir welfare are and improvement, and herre
for a child to like hams g atest hope was
elf or herself, and to cherish books; and
WHEREAS, Jean Boller was premature) taken fro
she hoped to stimulate the Y m us when
children;
love of books and reading in even more
NOW, THEREFORE, I, V. A, Marks, M.D. Ma
Village of North Palm Beach �. � Mayor of the
week n her honor posthumously proclaim the
of November 10-1?, 1990, as
THE JEAN BOLLER MEMORIAL READING WEEK
in the Village of North- !
Palm Beach and encourage all citizens of
the Village to recognize this week
� by reading to a child and by
visiting children's libraries.
Mayor