[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E48]
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                      JANUARY SCHOOL OF THE MONTH

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                         HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2001

  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I have named Mineola High 
School in Garden City Park as School of the Month in the Fourth 
Congressional District for January 2001. I am a proud graduate of 
Mineola High School in 1962.
  I especially want to commend John R. Lewis, Principal of Mineola 
High, and Dr. Harry Jaroslaw, the Superintendent of Schools for the 
Mineola School District.
  I loved my time at Mineola High and my solid education there prepared 
me for the rest of my life. I still use the lessons I learned at 
Mineola.
  Unique opportunities await Mineola High students. They can 
participate in the Work Experience Program for school credit, while 
simultaneously earning a paycheck. The Student Service Center harnesses 
the energy and devotion of students to their community. Within the 
center, they can volunteer at the Children's Museum, the Ronald 
McDonald House and nursing homes, just to name a few. Also, programs 
such as the leadership council and peer support and mediation foster 
student-to-student involvement.
  Each year, I present an award in the name of my late husband, Dennis 
McCarthy, to a Mineola High School student who has struggled through 
adversity and difficult times and made the best of it. This award is 
one of the things I do to keep Dennis' memory alive. At Mineola High, 
there are so many special students it's so hard to choose!
  Mineola High has received numerous awards in recognition of the 
school's excellence, including the Eleanor Roosevelt Community Service 
Award, Newsday's Long Island High School of the Year for Community 
Service and the New York State Governor's Commendation. All of the 
awards demonstrate the school's dedication to involving students in the 
community.
  In 2000, 84 percent of Mineola's senior class went to college, 57 
percent to 4-year colleges. Of the last graduating class, 55 percent of 
all students received Regents seals on their diplomas, including 14 
students who earned Regents diplomas with honors.
  The outstanding academic record and the dedication of Mineola's 
administrators and staff demonstrate it is indeed a school of the month 
and a school vital to Long Island's future.

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