[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1102-E1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     THE WEBB SCHOOLS: SECOND PLACE WINNER, THE 1996 TOSHIBA/NSTA 
                      EXPLORAVISION AWARDS PROGRAM

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                       HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 18, 1996

  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, on June 21-22, 1996, more than 
40 students will come to our Nation's Capital to receive top honors in 
the 1996 ExploraVision Awards Program, sponsored by Toshiba and 
administered by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA].
  The ExploraVision Awards Program is the largest K to 12 student 
science competition in the world. The competition asks students to work 
in teams to use their imaginations to envision what technology will be 
like 20 years from now.
  As a long-standing member of the House Science Committee, I have 
worked hard to improve science education in this country. The 
ExploraVision Awards give students the opportunity to identify future 
technological needs

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and develop the kind of technological thinking our society needs in 
order to meet the challenges of the future.
  The competition is just one great example of a successful business-
education partnership that encourages students to pursue careers in 
science. I have been supporting this outstanding program since its 
launch in 1992. In addition, I will be serving as the honorary co-
chairperson of the 1996 ExploraVision Awards weekend with Ms. Barbara 
Morgan, NASA's ``Teacher in Space'' designee.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to announce that the class from the Webb 
Schools of Claremont, one of the finest schools in the inland empire, 
has been selected as one of the 1996 12 finalist winner teams of the 
competition. The distinguished members of the team are Ewurama Ewusi-
Mensah, William Marshall, and Christopher Maffris. I would also like to 
recognize their teacher, John Ball, and their advisor, Harlow Johnson, 
who deserve much of the credit for the success of the team.
  I am very proud to recognize the achievements of the class from the 
Webb Schools and other winners of this year's competition and to 
reaffirm my commitment to support the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards 
in 1997.

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