[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 166 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12364-S12365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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        CONGRATULATING IDAHO'S NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a very special 
group of educators in my home State of Idaho.
  Last month, sixty-six teachers received a National Board 
Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching 
Standards, the highest professional credential in the field of 
teaching. With the addition of these individuals, there are now 272 
National Board Certified Teachers in Idaho.
  High-quality teachers are the most important assets to any 
educational system. In order to gain a National Board Certification, 
these teachers voluntarily, often at great personal expense and 
sacrifice, submit to a nearly yearlong performance-based assessment. 
They must demonstrate their mastery in several areas including: 
Knowledge of subject matter; ability to effectively teach their 
subjects to students; and ability to manage and measure student 
learning. In fact, the State of Idaho recognizes teachers who gain a 
National Board Certification as ``master teachers.'' I commend these 
educators for the dedication and sacrifice it takes to successfully 
complete this program. Not only do they benefit in their teaching 
techniques, but Idaho's school children benefit through their 
dedication.
  Each one of these teachers has touched countless lives of students. 
They have been diligent in the trust that has been given to them by 
parents throughout Idaho. It is appropriate that we honor them today 
and recognize how hard they have worked to achieve this certification. 
Sometimes these types of recognitions are only hung on walls, and that 
rarely provides the public acknowledgement of the achievement. For this 
reason, I wanted to rise today and share with the U.S. Senate how 
important this achievement is to the education of young Idahoans.
  I ask that the names of the sixty-six Idahoans newly named as 
National Board Certified Teachers be printed in the Record following my 
statement.
  The names follow:

       Susan Alt, Boise, ID, Independent School District of Boise 
     City, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Carleen Baldwin, Lapwai, ID, Lapwai, Middle Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Arlene Balls, Soda Springs, ID, Soda Springs District 150, 
     Early Adolescence/Science.
       Devon Barker, Nezperce, ID, Nezperce Jt School District No. 
     302, Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Leslie Rae Bedke, Sugar City, ID, Sugar Salem School 
     District 322, Early Adolescence/English Language Arts.
       Marta Bidondo, Boise, ID, Meridian School District No. 2, 
     Early Adolescence/Generalist.
       Leah Bug-Townsend, Idaho Falls, ID, Idaho Falls School 
     District 91, Early Adolescence/Social Studies-History.
       Khrista Buschhorn, Aberdeen, ID, Aberdeen V, Early and 
     Middle Childhood/English as a New Language.
       William Dean, Post Falls, ID, Post Falls School District 
     273, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Lisa Dreadfulwater, Nezperce, ID, Nezperce 302, Early 
     Childhood/Generalist.
       Julie Elliott, Tampa, ID, Nampa 131, Middle Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Anne Marie Elmore, Bellevue, ID, Blaine County, Early 
     Childhood/Generalist.
       Joanna Ferris, Inkom, ID, Marsh Valley School District No. 
     21, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Paula Fisher, Boise, ID, Meridian Joint School District No. 
     2 Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Elaine Forsnes, Rexburg, ID, Madison 321, Adolescence and 
     Young Adulthood/Mathematics.
       Victoria Francis, Boise, ID, Independent School District of 
     Boise, Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Career and 
     Technical Education.
       Janet Greer, Eagle, ID, Meridian School District, 
     Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Victor Haight, Meridian, ID, Meridian School District, 
     Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Art.
       Connie Hawker, Pocatello, ID, School District 25, Early 
     Childhood/Generalist.
       Esther Kaye Henry, Rigby, ID, Joint School District No. 
     251, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Nick Hoffman, Wallace, ID, Wallace 393, Adolescence and 
     Young Adulthood/Science.
       Katholyn Howell, Shelley, ID, Shelley School District 60, 
     Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Susan Hufford, Boise, ID, Meridian School District, Early 
     Adolescence/English Language Arts.
       Laurel Jensen, Montpelier, ID, Bear Lake, Middle Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Mari Knutson, Caldwell, ID, Caldwell School District 132, 
     Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Christine Lawrence, Meridian, ID, Joint District 2, 
     Meridian Idaho, Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Marietta Leitch, Nezperce, ID, Nezperce Joint School 
     District No. 302, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Kim Lickley, Jerome, ID, Joint Jerome, Early Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Eric Louis, Coeur D'alene, ID, Coeur D'alene 271, 
     Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Denise Diane Martell, Idaho Falls ID, Idaho Falls 91, Early 
     Childhood through Young Adulthood/Exceptional Needs 
     Specialist.
       Kristine Martin, Aberdeen, ID, Aberdeen, Middle Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Terri Meyer, Potlatch, ID, Potlatch School District No. 
     285, Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Career and 
     Technical Education.
       Michelle Moore, Pocatello, ID, Pocatello School District 
     25, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Mary Morrisey, Boise, ID, Boise School District, Early 
     Adolescence/English language Arts.
       Jacklyn Mosman, Nezperce, ID, Nezperce Joint School 
     District No. 302, Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Carol Ohrtman, Lewiston, ID, Independent School District 
     No. 1, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Maren Oppelt, Rupert, ID, Minidoka County, Adolescence and 
     Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Catherine Pierce, St. Maries, ID, Joint Distr Ct 41, St. 
     Maries, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Susan Pliler, Boise, ID, Independent School District of 
     Boise City, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language 
     Arts.

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       B. Potter, Potlatch, ID, Potlatch School District #285, 
     Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Lani Rembelski, Montpelier, ID, Bear Lake School 33, Early 
     Childhood/Generalist.
       Stan Richter, Jerome, ID, Jerome, Adolescence and Young 
     Adulthood/Science.
       Vikki Ricks, Rigby, ID, Jefferson 251, Middle Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Douglas Rotz, Grand View, ID, Bruneau Grant View Joint 365, 
     Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Laurie Sadler Rich, Paris, ID, Bear Lake School District 
     33, Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Exceptional Needs 
     Specialist.
       Patrick Schmidt, Lewiston, ID, Lewiston Independent 1, 
     Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Career and 
     Technical Education.
       Allan Schneider, Emmett, ID, Emmett School District 221, 
     Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Thomas Seifert, Boise, ID, Meridian District, Adolescence 
     and Young Adulthood/Social Studies-History.
       Mary Sorger, ID, Boise, Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Julie Stafford, Moscow, ID, Moscow School District 281, 
     Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Career and 
     Technical Education.
       Lois Standley, Bellevue, ID, Blain County School District 
     No. 61, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Angela Stevens, Inkom, ID, Marsh Valley, Early Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Lorraine Stewart, Shelley, ID, Joint School District No. 
     60, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/Social Studies-History.
       Tammi Taylor Utter, Idaho Falls, ID, Idaho Falls School 
     District 91, Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Portia Toobian-Bailey, Kamiah, ID, Kamiah Joint School 
     District 304, Middle Childhood/Generalist.
       Cheryl Tousley, Kooskia, ID, School District 241, 
     Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts.
       Katherine Uhrig, Twin Falls, ID, Twin Falls, Middle 
     Childhood/Generalist.
       April Weber, Troy, ID, Whitepine School District 286, Early 
     Adolescence/Social Studies-History.
       Lynn Wessels, Nezperce, ID, Nezperce Joint School District 
     No. 302, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Marlys Westra, Nampa, ID, Vallivue, Early Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Dena Jill Whitesell, Twin Falls, ID, Twin Falls 411, Early 
     Adolescence/English Language Arts.
       Donna Wommack, Genesee, ID, Genesee Joint School District 
     No. 282, Early Childhood/Generalist.
       Norie Wyatt, Post Falls, ID, Post Falls, Early Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Mary Yamamoto, Caldwell, ID, Caldwell, Middle Childhood/
     Generalist.
       Pamala Young, Decio, ID, Cassia Joint 151, Adolescence and 
     Young Adulthood/Social Studies History.

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