[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING AMERICA'S TEACHERS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of America's teachers, 
those people who rise every day to open up the world of learning to our 
children.
  As a former public high school math and science teacher myself, I can 
attest to the amount of time, energy, creativity, and patience that it 
takes to take our students to the next step of discovery, be it in 
literature, calculus, music theory or physics.
  Today, I would like to especially honor one teacher from my district 
in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Elaine Savukas, from Hempfield High 
School.
  Year after year, Ms. Savukas has brought a winning team of civics 
students to Washington to take part in the ``We the People, The Citizen 
and the Constitution'' 3-day academic competition on the Constitution 
and the Bill of Rights, as is shown in this picture of her class.
  Her students know the Constitution probably better than many Members 
of Congress know it. She has instilled in her students a love of our 
history and brings civics alive. She stirs her students to excellence.
  Mr. Speaker, there are excellent teachers like Elaine Savukas all 
over this country, and we are compelled to honor them not only this 
week but throughout the year as they help shape the minds and 
motivation of our leaders of the next millennium. I thank all our 
teachers.

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