[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1069]
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       HONORING CAROLE S. POWERS ON HER RETIREMENT FROM TEACHING

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 9, 1998

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to congratulate my 
constituent Carole S. Powers on her retirement from the Charles E. 
Smith Jewish Day School, and from teaching, after more than twenty 
years of service. Her dedication and commitment to JDS students is not 
only testimony to her strong commitment to the school and the 
community, but also to the profession of teaching. Her work has 
contributed to the high regard in which the Jewish Day School is held 
by the community.
  Over the years, Carole Powers has touched numerous lives and helped 
shape a multitude of futures. She is one of those teachers to whom 
former students return years after their graduation to share their 
successes, and whose influence and impact students remember long after 
they have left high school. One of those former students reflected on 
her importance in his education in a letter to the school paper, and 
I'd like to share just a part of that letter:
  ``Next week, as I graduate from law school and don the old cap and 
gown for the last time, I'll have an opportunity to reflect on my 20 
years of formal education.
  ``By my own rough count, I've had well over 100 teachers--from 
nursery school to JDS, from college to law school. None was as 
effective as Carole Powers. None came to class every day with as much 
commitment to her students, and none stretched her student's minds the 
way she did.
  ``All of her students were enriched by her career, and we hope to be 
able to continue to learn from her and draw inspiration from her for 
many years to come.''
  Carole Powers has touched numerous lives and helped shape a multitude 
of futures. I know her colleagues join me in recognizing her many years 
of service and in wishing her health, happiness and personal 
fulfillment in her future endeavors.

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