HR 277 Summary

• Commends Sandra M. Ware for outstanding professional achievement during her 41-year career in music education.

• Ware earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Alabama State University in 1978 and a Master's degree in 1980, serving as a music educator at St. Jude High School, Fews Elementary School, and E.D. Nixon Elementary School since 2001.

• Received multiple awards including the Maxwell Air Force Base Medal, Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities recognition, Teacher of the Year in 1986 and 1988, and Teacher of the Month in 2016.

• Directed the E.D. Nixon Choraleers school choir, which recorded a Christmas Album in 2004.

• Recognized for her musical contributions to numerous students and honored for her retirement effective May 28, 2021.