[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                    EDUCATOR RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS

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                        HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 12, 1994

  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me 
in paying tribute to a great educator, Mrs. Mildred W. Spruill, who 
recently retired from the St. Louis Board of Education.
  Mrs. Spruill will be recognized by the citizens of St. Louis, MO, on 
April 16, 1994, for her outstanding contributions to the St. Louis 
Board of Education and to the youth of the St. Louis community. I ask 
that my colleagues assembled here today join me in thanking and 
saluting her for her outstanding record of service and dedication.
  In 1994 Mrs. Mildred W. Spruill completed 40 years of service with 
St. Louis public schools. In the course of her outstanding career her 
skills and talents have been utilized in a variety of ways to benefit 
students: she planned and implemented a quality program of instruction 
in all subject areas for students in grades 1 through 7; in a Room of 
Twenty Program she provided instructional services to students with 
special needs; as a remedial reading teacher she diagnosed students' 
reading problems, prescribed appropriate remediation programs for those 
students, and implemented those programs.
  Recognition of Mrs. Spruill's success with students led to requests 
for her services as a workshop presenter for teachers and parents; she 
was always willing to share her time and expertise with anyone 
interested in helping young people achieve knowledge and skills.
  Since 1988 Mrs. Spruill has combined her pedagogical talents with her 
creative, organizational, and interpersonal skills to fulfill her role 
of instructional coordinator at the Harrison Elementary School. She 
consistently demonstrated the ability to motivate students, to inspire 
teachers, to reassure administrators, and to facilitate the 
implementation of a quality program of instruction for all of the 
students at Harrison School.
  Mrs. Spruill has retired from her career as an educator, but she will 
continue to use her considerable arsenal of skills to move on to a 
leadership role in the International Catering Co. which was founded by 
her late husband, Jesse Spruill. While she welcomes the challenge of 
her new activities, she will continue to reserve quality time for her 
son, Craig, her daughter-in-law, Karen, and her granddaughter, Jasmine.
  We are grateful to Mrs. Spruill for the many contributions she had 
made toward the education of young people in St. Louis public schools. 
We wish her much success in her new career, peaceful relaxation in her 
well deserved free time, and great joy with her family.

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