[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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 TRIBUTE TO CHRISTOPHER BURKETT--SALLIE MAE FIRST CLASS TEACHER AWARD 
                                 WINNER

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                           HON. FLOYD SPENCE

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure that I recognize 
Christopher Burkett, from the Second Congressional District of South 
Carolina, who has been selected as a 1993-94 Sallie Mae First Class 
Teacher Award winner. Christopher is 1 of 51 teachers nationwide to 
receive this award.
  Sallie Mae, a corporation that specializes in financing student loans 
and other education-related services, established the First Class 
Teacher Award 10 years ago to recognize outstanding performance by new 
elementary and secondary schoolteachers. Selections of recipients of 
the awards are made for Sallie Mae by a panel of education experts 
assembled by the American Association of School Administrators [AASA], 
the professional organization that represents public and private school 
superintendents and leaders.
  Christopher Burkett is a 12th grade American government and economics 
teacher at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, SC. He is a 1993 graduate of 
Newberry College and is beginning his second year as a teacher.
  I have had the pleasure of meeting with Christopher and have been 
impressed with his dedication and enthusiasm for a profession which has 
as its calling one of the most important in life, that of educating 
others. The citizens of the Palmetto State can take pride in the 
selection of Christopher Burkett as their Sallie Mae First Class 
Teacher Award winner for 1993-94.

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