[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S5104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING MS. MARY MORAN AND MS. VICTORIA METZ

 Mr. ROBB. Mr. President, I'm pleased to honor the service of 
Ms. Mary Moran and Ms. Victoria Metz, the outgoing Parent Teacher 
Association (PTA) co-presidents at the Arlington Traditional School, a 
public alternative elementary school in Arlington, Virginia.
  For the past two years, both Mary Moran and Victoria Metz have 
dedicated themselves to educational achievement by assisting the 
students, parents, teachers and administration of Arlington Traditional 
School. They have appeared on numerous occasions before the Arlington 
County School Board to discuss educational issues and sustain support 
for the Arlington Traditional School. Ms. Moran and Ms. Metz have also 
frequently met with individual members of the School Board to answer 
questions and have reached out to other local PTA presidents.
  During the tenure of Mary Moran and Victoria Metz as co-presidents, 
the Arlington Traditional School PTA has played an integral role in the 
following activities: Math Night, Science and Technology Night, the 
DARE Program for 5th Graders; Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage 
Month, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Native American Month, the Fall 
Family Get-Together, Holiday Open House, Parent-Teacher Conference 
Luncheon and Dinner, Summer Reading Challenge, Back to School Night and 
Staff Appreciation Week. The PTA generously purchased computers for 
student use at the Arlington Traditional School.
  Mary Moran and Victoria Metz were also responsible for the Arlington 
Traditional School PTA's outreach efforts into the community. The PTA 
made significant contributions to the Arlington Community Temporary 
Shelter, the Animal Welfare League of Arlington, UNICEF and the Red 
Cross's International Relief Fund.
  Mary Moran and Victoria Metz have truly made a difference at the 
Arlington Traditional School. Their success illustrates that our public 
schools benefit and prosper when parents take active leadership roles 
in supporting education.

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