[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 59 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S3943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE RETIREMENT OF MS. JANET HUVAERE

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Ms. 
Janet Huvaere, who is retiring this spring after 39 years of teaching 
at St. Jude School in Northeast Detroit. During her time at St. Jude, 
Ms. Huvaere has constantly been a light in the lives of her students 
and her fellow staff members, and her dedication to them and to her 
profession has truly been remarkable.
  Ms. Huvaere was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on October 11, 1938. 
She attended St. Ambrose School for both grade school and high school. 
After graduating from St. Ambrose, Ms. Huvaere worked for a year at Bon 
Secours Hospital, and then entered the Adrian Dominican Order. After 
two years, she left to attend Siena Heights University in Adrian, 
Michigan. She began teaching at St. Jude upon receiving her bachelor's 
degree from Siena Heights in 1961.
  In her 39 years at St. Jude School, Ms. Huvaere has taught the third, 
fifth and sixth grades. Her dedication to her students is surpassed 
only by her dedication and love for her family. One of her greatest 
memories came in 1986, when her father, who was ill at the time, was 
able to partake in a celebration marking her 25th year at St. Jude.
  Mr. President, Ms. Huvaere has touched many lives during her thirty-
nine years of teaching, and has been a role model to many children in 
the State of Michigan. On behalf of the entire United States Senate, I 
congratulate Ms. Huvaere on a wonderful career, and wish her the best 
of luck in retirement.

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