[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 882 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 882

Honoring Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder, Professor of Child Development at West 
 Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California, in recognition of her 
          retirement after 32 years of service to the College.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2006

 Ms. Waters submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder, Professor of Child Development at West 
 Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California, in recognition of her 
          retirement after 32 years of service to the College.

Whereas Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder has served as Professor of Child Development at 
        West Los Angeles College since 1974 and will retire in 2006 from the 
        position of Department Chairperson;
Whereas in response to increased economic demands placed on families and the 
        need of working parents to know that their children are in a safe 
        facility near their workplace, Dr. Wilder founded Child Care Centers, 
        Inc., a consulting firm to enable corporations and businesses to 
        establish child care facilities for their employees;
Whereas Dr. Wilder became the Parent Coordinator for Delta Sigma Theta Head 
        Start and implemented programs for over 600 families in Santa Monica, 
        Venice, and the Central Los Angeles areas;
Whereas Dr. Wilder was given the opportunity to develop, set up, and implement 
        the curricula for all nine of the child development centers located on 
        the Los Angeles Community College District campuses;
Whereas in 1972, Dr. Wilder served as the first Director of the Child 
        Development Center on the West Los Angeles College campus;
Whereas in 1983, Dr. Wilder and her husband Raymond founded Tender Care Child 
        Development Center, a private preschool that serves approximately 180 
        children of ages 2 through 5 and offers a curriculum-based approach to 
        learning;
Whereas responding to the need for a new kindergarten education program, Dr. 
        Wilder established Tender Care Kindergarten for approximately 80 
        students in 1988;
Whereas responding to the increased demand for programs for students in grades K 
        through 8, Dr. Wilder established Tender Care Elementary in 1994, 
        renamed ``Wilder's Preparatory Academy'' in 1999;
Whereas the vision of Dr. Carolyn and Raymond Wilder for a preparatory academy 
        became a reality in 2000, when Wilder's Preparatory Academy expanded to 
        a 37,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility geared to serve inner 
        city students and provide an accelerated college preparatory curriculum 
        with 22 large classrooms, three computer labs, a library, an art room, 
        an indoor gym, a media lab, a science lab, a study hall, and a dance 
        theater;
Whereas over the past 21 years, Carolyn and Raymond Wilder have become known as 
        industry leaders in the field of early childhood education and childcare 
        service;
Whereas over 4,000 students have graduated from Tender Care Child Development 
        Center, and, as a result of the outstanding education and nurturing they 
        received, they have matured into bright, productive, and accomplished 
        young citizens;
Whereas in 2003, Wilder's Preparatory Academy became Inglewood Preparatory 
        Academy Charter School, the first Charter School to be approved in the 
        City of Inglewood, California, accommodating 480 students in grades K 
        through 8;
Whereas Dr. Wilder has served in the posts of Commissioner of the Los Angeles 
        First Five, City of Los Angeles (formerly Prop 10 Commission), appointed 
        by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke; Commissioner 
        of the Human Affairs Commission, City of Inglewood, appointed by the 
        Mayor of Inglewood, California; Commissioner of the Child Care Advisory, 
        City of Los Angeles, appointed by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor 
        Yvonne B. Burke; and was a Board Member of the YMCA of Los Angeles Metro 
        28th Street/Crenshaw Branch;
Whereas Dr. Wilder was the recipient of the Woman of the Year Award in 1988 from 
        Senator Teresa P. Hughes, 25th Senatorial District of California;
Whereas Dr. Wilder is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the 
        California Association for Early Childhood Education, the Black Women's 
        Forum, the YMCA, the Black Child Development Institute, the National 
        Association for the Education of Young Children, the National 
        Association of Women Business Owners, the Coalition of 100 Black Women, 
        the Ebony Guild, and the New Philadelphia AME Church; and
Whereas Dr. Wilder is married to Raymond D. Wilder, an entrepreneur, a real 
        estate developer, the CEO of Inglewood Preparatory Academy Charter 
        School, and a community activist, and the couple has one daughter, 
        Ramona R. Wilder: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder for her 32 years of 
        service to West Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California;
            (2) recognizes her accomplishments and achievements in 
        childcare service, in higher education, and as an entrepreneur; 
        and
            (3) extends its appreciation to her in recognition of her 
        retirement from West Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, 
        California.
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