[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 93 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S7708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     SERVICE-LEARNING GOES NATIONAL--LEADING SCHOOLS ARE ANNOUNCED

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, the Corporation for National Service 
recently announced the first winners of the National Service-Learning 
Leader Schools program, a Presidential initiative to recognize 
outstanding schools for their achievements in the field of service-
learning.
  Learn and Serve America, one of the three national service programs 
of the Corporation for National Service, is sponsoring the Leader 
Schools initiative. In this, its pilot year, the program is honoring 70 
high schools in 41 states and the District of Columbia for thoughtfully 
and effectively integrating community service into the lives of 
students. The goals of the program are to promote civic responsibility, 
improve school and student performance, and strengthen local 
communities.
  Four schools from Massachusetts--Drury High School in North Adams, 
Hudson High School, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Sharon High School 
have been leaders in our state on service-learning, and were honored by 
this designation. I commend them for the important work that they have 
accomplished in making community service an integral part of school 
life. These schools are impressive models for Massachusetts and for the 
nation.
  The Leader Schools program is not simply an awards program. The 
schools being honored today are also making a two year commitment to 
help other schools include service-learning in their curriculum.
  In May 1996, President Clinton announced his intention to identify 
and honor the schools that have done the best job of encouraging, 
organizing, and leading the service-learning movement. He said, ``We 
should make service to the community a part of every high school in 
America and a part of the life of every dedicated citizen in the United 
States.
  Many of us have seen local service-learning programs in action and 
the inspiring way that students of all ages respond and work together 
to improve their communities.
  The Corporation for National Service also administers AmeriCorps, the 
domestic Peace Corps that is engaging over 40,000 Americans in 
intensive, service activities. In addition, it administers the National 
Senior Service Corps, which is involving nearly half a million 
Americans age fifty-five and older to share their time and talents to 
help solve local problems. These three outstanding programs are all 
achieving great success under the strong leadership of our former 
colleague in the Senate, Harris Wofford, who is the chief executive 
officer of the Corporation.
  I also commend Carol Kinsley, a member of the Corporation's Board of 
Directors, for her strong commitment and leadership in the field of 
service-learning. The dedication of citizens like Carol are 
contributing immensely to the success of our national service programs.
  I ask unanimous consent that the list of Leader Schools be printed in 
the Record.
  These seventy schools were honored in a ceremony held at the Kennedy 
Center last week. These schools are leaders in education reform, and I 
commend them for all they are doing so well for our country and its 
future.
  There being no objection, the list was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

             1999 National Service-Learning Leader Schools

       Charles Henderson High School, Troy, AL; Mesa High School, 
     Mesa, AZ; Saguaro High School, Scottsdale, AZ; Community 
     ACTION Academy at Balboa High School, San Francisco, CA; Los 
     Molinos High School, Los Molinos, CA; Pioneer High School, 
     San Jose, CA; Eagle Rock School and Professional Development 
     Center, Estes Park, CO; Grand Junction High School, Grand 
     Junction, CO.
       Waterford High School, Waterford, CT; Bell Multicultural 
     High School, Washington, DC; PEAK (Program for Educational 
     Alternatives in Kent County), Dover, DE; Mainland High 
     School, Daytona Beach, FL; Rutherford High School, Panama, 
     FL; South Lake High School, Groveland, FL; Carver High 
     School, Columbus, GA; Konawaena High School, Kealakekua, HI; 
     Olomana School, Kailua, HI.
       Marion High School, Marion, IA; Shelley High School, 
     Shelley, ID; Harry D. Jacobs High School, Algonquin, IL; PACE 
     High School, Blue Island, IL; West Vigo High School, West 
     Terre Haute, IN; DeSoto High School, DeSoto, KS; Glasco High 
     School, Glasco, KS; Airline High School, Bossier City, LA.
       Drury High School, North Adams, MA; Hudson High School, 
     Hudson, MA; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; Sharon High 
     School, Sharon, MA; Fairmount-Harford High School, Baltimore, 
     MD; Orono High School, Orono, ME; ACE High School, Stambaugh, 
     MI; Benilde-St. Margaret's School, St. Louis Park, MN; 
     Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative, Chaska, MN.
       Bailey Alternative High School, Springfield, MO; McComb 
     High School, McComb, MS; Jamesville High School, Jamesville, 
     NC; Louisburg High School, Louisburg, NC; Southern Wayne High 
     School, Dudley, NC; Westside High School, Omaha, NE; Bernards 
     High School, Bernardsville, NJ; Cape May County Technical 
     School, Cape May Court House, NJ; Fair Lawn High School, Fair 
     Lawn, NJ.
       Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science, 
     Neptune, NJ; La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM; Scotia-
     Glenville High School, Scotia, NY; North Olmsted High School, 
     North Olmsted, OH; Steubenville High School, Steubenville, 
     OH; Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, OH; Ponca 
     City Senior High School, Ponca City, OK; Crook County High 
     School, Prineville, OR.
       Abington Senior High School, Abington, PA; Conrad Weiser 
     Area High School, Robesonia, PA; Cumberland High School, 
     Cumberland, RI; Pickens Senior High School, Pickens, SC; 
     Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC; Wren High School, 
     Piedmont, SC; Teen Learning Center, Cleveland, TN.
       American Institute for Learning, Austin, TX; M'Lee Brooks, 
     Bryan High School, Bryan, TX; Dixie High School, St. George, 
     UT; Horizonte Instruction and Training Center, Salt lake 
     City, UT; Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake 
     City, UT; Brooke Point High School, Stafford, VA.
       Thetford Academy, Thetford, VT; Granite Fall High School, 
     Granite Falls, WA; Malcolm Shabazz City High School, Madison, 
     WI; Menasha High School, Menasha, WI; Elkins Mountain School, 
     Elkins, WV; West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, 
     Romney, WV.

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