[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E387]
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                         TRIBUTE TO EMILY LEVY

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                         HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR.

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 5, 1997

  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my colleagues in the 
House and the residents of Dade County, FL, to recognize an upcoming 
leader in my district, Ms. Emily Levy. Emily, a senior at North Miami 
Beach Senior High, has been chosen as a finalist in the prestigious 
Westinghouse Science Talent Search for her work with children with 
learning disabilities.
  Emily has displayed an astonishing level of maturity and dedication 
to her community for someone who is only 17 years old. As a volunteer 
at a school for children with learning disabilities, Ms. Levy noticed 
the frustration her students experienced while trying to learn in a 
traditional manner. As a result, she created a nonlinear program that 
has made learning easier for her students. She spent 5 years 
meticulously revising this brain imagery form of conceptual 
organization. Ms. Levy can be proud that because of her efforts, the 
course of young lives can be changed, and minds can be opened.
  In addition to her obvious talent in the science field she maintains 
a 5.04 grade point average--on a 4.0 scale--has won piano and oratory 
competitions, and models professionally. She will be attending Brown 
University in the fall.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud and delighted to count Ms. Emily Levy as a 
constituent, and am sure that this is not the last we will hear from 
her.

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