[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 90 (Monday, June 5, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE EVERYBODY WINS PROGRAM

 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, this spring on Capitol Hill an 
exiting literacy program began with the help of Senators and Senate 
staff. The children at Brent Elementary School are now being read to 
once a week during their lunch hours by volunteers in the Everybody 
Wins Program. Everybody Wins is a successful literacy program which 
matches up professionals with at-risk, inner-city school children as 
reading partners.
  During each power lunch session, the reading partners select a book 
and read aloud together--an activity that the Commission on Reading 
calls the single most important activity for building a child's 
eventual success in reading.
  Dr. Frances Plummer, the principal of Brent Elementary School, has 
been instrumental in making this program a success. Dr. Plummer, a 
native Washingtonian, attended the D.C. schools, from kindergarten 
through receiving her B.S. degree from D.C. Teachers College. She then 
went on to earn a masters degree and doctorate of education from George 
Washington University. Her career has included being a teacher and 
assistant principal in the Washington D.C. public schools before going 
on to become the principal of the Brent Elementary School.
  Dr. Plummer's philosophy is ``Teach each child at your school as you 
would want your own child taught.'' I, along with my colleagues who are 
participating in the program would like to commend Dr. Plummer's 
patience, hard work, and a lifetime of dedication to the children that 
she serves.


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