[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 128 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        HONORING THERESA McCAIN

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate 
Theresa McCain of Gardner, Colorado on her recent award. Theresa has 
earned the coveted National Educator Award from the Milken Family 
Foundation. She is one of only four Colorado teachers to receive this 
high honor. Winners of the Milken Award are nominated by fellow 
teachers and winners are selected by a panel. They not only receive a 
cash prize but also a trip to Los Angeles where they participate in the 
Milken Foundation National Educational Conference.
  Theresa began her career in education after earning a psychology 
degree from the University of Wyoming and then a teaching certificate 
from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. Shortly thereafter, 
Theresa began her distinguished career at Gardner. The Gardner school 
has 89 students, ranging from preschool through eighth grade, and 
teachers are often required to use many different teaching methods to 
manage students with wide ranging differences in age. It is educators 
like Theresa that have helped this school become the wonderful learning 
institution that it is today.
  Throughout her time in Gardner, Theresa has always considered the 
school to be a group of teachers working together and she had this to 
say about her individual award in a recent article by Margie Wood, in 
The Pueblo Chieftain: ``I feel honored to be here in this school. There 
are such wonderful teachers that I've learned from. I go to all these 
other teachers for help, so it's not my award--it's their award.''
  Theresa has served her community, State, and Nation proudly. During 
her tenure in Gardner she has helped ensure that hundreds of Colorado's 
youth are receiving the best education possible.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the State of Colorado and the U.S. Congress 
I congratulate Theresa on this distinguished and well deserved award.
  Congratulations!

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