[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 22 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 COMMENDING DEBORAH WOELFLEIN AS THE 1996 NEW HAMPSHIRE TEACHER OF THE 
                                  YEAR

 Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Deborah 
K. Woelflein, an English teacher at Merrimack High School, on being 
named New Hampshire's 1996 National Teacher of the Year. As a former 
teacher myself, I commend her outstanding accomplishment and well-
deserved honor.
  Deborah, who is a Nashua resident, will spend the next year 
representing New Hampshire's teaching profession at various statewide 
and regional functions. As New Hampshire's Teacher of the Year, she 
will be considered for the National Teacher of the Year Award sponsored 
by the Council of Chief State School Officers and Scholastic, Inc. The 
National Teacher of the Year Program is the oldest and most prestigious 
honors program to focus public attention on excellence in teaching. New 
Hampshire's Commissioner of Education, Elizabeth Twomey, named Deborah 
the Teacher of the Year.
  Among Deborah's numerous accomplishments as a teacher are several 
successful conferences she organized to draw together talented teachers 
to share their expertise with their colleagues. Timothy Mayes, 
principal at Merrimack High School, called her ``one of our most 
respected faculty members.''
  New Hampshire has always been lucky to have many talented teachers, 
but Deborah Woelflein is certainly a role model among the teachers of 
the Granite State. I am proud of her commitment to education and 
congratulate her distinguished achievement.

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