[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        COMMEMORATING THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF AMERICA

 Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the 
Dallas Public School System in my State of Texas, and North Dallas High 
School in particular. Today the school is holding a celebration of 
cultural unity to recognize a wonderfully diverse student body made up 
of young Americans with family heritage from 33 different cultures 
around the world. To celebrate the day, the students of North Dallas 
High School have painted a mural titled ``Unity Among Cultures,'' which 
will be unveiled today.
  The Dallas Public School System, which administers North Dallas High 
School, covers over 300 square miles and 208 schools. Over 60 different 
cultural and linguistic groups are represented, from Amharic to 
Vietnamese. Within this school system, and most notably at the newly 
designated First International School of America, these diverse 
cultures come together as they always have in this country to form the 
great American culture.
  Since its very beginnings as an independent republic, Texas has been 
a place to which people come to build their lives while helping build 
the land. No State in this great Nation represents a more diverse and 
exciting mix of cultures than Texas.
  The First International School of America represents this great Texas 
heritage in a truly unique way, and gives life to the very foundation 
of these United States, engraved on the wall above me: E Pluribus 
Unum--From Many, One.
  Mr. President, the future of my State and our country passes through 
the schoolhouse doors of Texas and schools around the country every 
day. I ask my colleagues to join me in commending North Dallas High 
School--the First International School of America--for leadership and 
wisdom in celebrating the cultural unity that makes America great.

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