[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CONGRATULATIONS TO MIRA COSTA HIGH SCHOOL

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                            HON. JANE HARMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 16, 1996

  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to salute Mira Costa High 
School, in the beautiful community of Manhattan Beach, on being 
selected for a Department of Education Blue Ribbon School Award. Mira 
Costa High School was 1 of only 266 schools in the Nation recognized 
for outstanding achievement by the students, teachers, and staff, and 
an education environment of the highest quality.
  The Department of Education awarded Mira Costa the highest rating in 
areas such as instructional leadership, curriculum, student 
environment, and parent and community support. I am particularly 
impressed with Mira Costa's emphasis on technology, which is the 
backbone of the South Bay's economy now and in the future. In areas 
such as the Integrated Learning Systems Wastch Lab, the MAC lab, the 
school library, and as a part of the ADTECH consortium, the students of 
Mira Costa are developing the technological skills necessary for the 
21st century.
  I congratulate Mira Costa principal John Giovati, Manhattan schools 
superintendent Gerald Davis, and school board trustees Kathy Campbell, 
Barbara Dunsmoor, Michele Memmott, Leroy Nelson, and Mary Rogers. And I 
especially congratulate the students and teachers of Mira Costa for 
setting an excellent example for other schools to follow.

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