[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1697]
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IN RECOGNITION OF FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS AT CHICAGO'S JOSEFA ORTIZ DE 
                      DOMINGUEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2001

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize the members of 
2000-2001 first and second grade classes of the Josefa Ortiz de 
Dominguez Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.
  I am proud to say that these young students are award-winning 
scientists. Earlier this year, they earned the Unisys Prize for their 
outstanding use of the Internet as a tool in science investigation. 
Their project was entitled, ``El Agua Trabaja! How Water Benefits 
Quality of Life in Chicago's Little Village.''
  In collaboration with the Chicago Academy of Sciences and Friends of 
the Chicago River, the 2000-2001 first and second grade students of 
Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Elementary School explored how the science of 
water benefits their Chicago neighborhood of Little Village. 
Specifically, these young scientists studied the water cycle, the three 
principal forms of water and ways to filter water to better understand 
how water and the Chicago River benefit their community. Using the 
Internet as their primary tool, the students shared what they learned 
by posting their scientific findings, personal journals, watercolor 
pictures and poetry on the Web.
  I applaud the 2000-2001 first and second grade students of Josefa 
Ortiz de Dominguez Elementary School for their creativity and 
innovation while executing their scientific investigation. I believe 
these students also benefited greatly from the guidance of their 
teachers and the support of their families when they were awarded with 
such an outstanding science award. ``El Agua Trabaja'' or ``Water 
Works'' is now a bilingual web site explaining the experiments, facts 
and figures associated with the importance of water in everyday lives.
  I am pleased to recognize the 2000-2001 first and second grade 
students who took part in this endeavor. The students in Ms. Nidsa 
LaLuz' class include Jaime Aguilar, Jesenia Avelar, Raul Cordova, 
Roxana Delgado, Juan Deluna, Alejandro Galvan, Amairan Galvan, Luis 
Garcia, Rosio Garcia, Keli Hernandez, Erick Martinez, Diego Nava, 
Israel Navarro, Jose Pena, Jorge Ramirez, Denisse Ruiz, Erwin Ruiz, 
Francisco Ruiz, Leonardo Sanchez, Maria Sosa, Sergio Vega, Samantha 
Vera, Jacob Villegas and Maria Zavala. The students in Ms. Claudia 
Torres' first grade class were Jose Aguirre, Christina Avila, Adrian 
Barraza, Guillermo Barriga, Fernando Cahue, Genesis Carreon, Denis 
Casanova, Chris Contreras, Yngrid Delacruz, Javier Deleon, Michael 
Gamez, Fernando Garcia, George Garcia, Francisco Gutierrez, Brenda 
Hernandez, Daniel Hernandez, Alejandro Ledezma, Genesis Lopez, Sarahi 
Michel, Marcos Osario, Jose Perez, Alexander Reyes, Christina Salazar, 
Yasmeen Salazar, Nadia Santiago, Alejandro Vazquez, Jesus Vera, 
Esmeralda Vergara and Ruby Zuno. First grade students in Ms. Gloria 
Carrareo's class were Marie Alcantar, Javier Flores, Bryan Gomez, 
Christopher Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Jose Granados, Gustavo Hernandez, 
Andrea Labra, Karina Lara, Gilberto Laureano, Nalleli Luna, Alejandro 
Macias, Victor Magos, Lizett Mata, Crystal Medina, Beda Mendoza, Jose 
Mendoza, Luis Navarrete, Leonel Palaez, Bianca Paredes, Carmen Perea, 
Alvaro Quiroz, Alejandro Rojas, Cristina Rojas, Vicente Salamanca, 
Leobardo Solis and Ixsel Zavala. First and second grade students in Ms. 
Jennifer Myer's class were Guadalupe Avila, Virginia Bahena, Jose 
Carrasco, Alejandro Duenas, Cristian Garcia, Juan Garcia, Marco Garcia, 
Maria Garcia, Melissa Garcia, Valentino Gonzalez, Monica Hernandez, 
Karen Laureano, Friney Lopez, Kevin Lopez, Ignatio Mandujano, Elizabeth 
Medina, Edgar Miranda, Andrew Mojica, Monica Monreal, Joyce Morales, 
Brenda Nava, Luis Palma, Joel Ramirez, Maria Resendiz, Daisy Rubio and 
Flavio Tafoya.

  I wish all of these students, their teachers and parents continued 
success in their endeavors and I thank them for supporting and 
promoting the interest of young minds in science and technology.

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