[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 64 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E939-E940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO ADAMS STREET EAST SIDE PREP

                                 ______
                                 

                       HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 1997

  Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this 
opportunity to extend my congratulations to the Adams Street East Side 
Preparatory School of Worcester, MA, as this fine institution 
celebrates its 100th anniversary this fall. Opened in October 1897. 
Adams East Side began as a four-room brick schoolhouse with 165 
students, overseen by Principal Carrie Pierre. Although 92 percent of 
the first student body was born here in the United States, these 
students were largely the children of immigrants; nearly half of their 
fathers had been born across the Atlantic in Ireland. Additions to the 
school were made in 1916, 1920, and 1927, so that by 1934 enrollment 
had risen to 785 students.
  Today, Adams Street East Side Prep serves as a quadrant magnet school 
in Worcester's north quadrant. The school's mission aims at the 
creation of an environment which both challenges and encourages 
students to pursue excellence and to shape in a positive way their own 
lives as well as the world around them. By providing opportunities for 
students to acquire, integrate, and apply knowledge to new learning 
situations, Adams Street East Side Prep promotes an attitude conducive 
to life-long learning and prepares the young people who enter its halls 
for the future.

[[Page E940]]

  To the students, faculty, and administration of Adams Street East 
Side Prep, I again offer my sincerest congratulations as well as my 
wishes for continued success in the future.

                          ____________________