[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E532]
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  CONGRATULATING STUDENTS FROM STEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL IN LINCOLNSHIRE, 
                                ILLINOIS

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                         HON. MARK STEVEN KIRK

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 2002

  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate nine students 
from Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois who competed in 
the prestigious U.S. Academic Decathlon contest over the weekend. 
Created in 1981, the rigorous program tests students in 10 categories: 
art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, 
science, social science, speech, and super-quiz. This year's super-quiz 
topic was ``E-Communication: The Internet and Society.''
  Stevenson's decathlon team has risen to statewide prominence since it 
was formed six years ago. The team placed seventh in the Illinois 
competition in 1997 and fourth the two following years. The squad 
placed fifth in 2000, second last year and third this year in the 
state-wide competition.
  The team who competed over the weekend in Phoenix, Arizona consisted 
of: Julia Wallace, a senior from Long Grove; Jessica Eggert, a senior 
from Hawthorn Woods; Dan Pyster, a senior from Lincolnshire; Dan 
Kaplan, a senior from Lincolnshire; Jackie Lantz, a senior from Buffalo 
Grove; Chad Spiegel, a senior from Buffalo Grove; Ryan Schaefges, a 
senior from Buffalo Grove; Eric Swanson, a junior from Buffalo Grove; 
and Jeff Waxman, a junior from Buffalo Grove.
  I want to commend these students and teachers who have worked 
tirelessly on the weekends and after school to prepare to achieve this 
goal. The team from Stevenson entered the competition ranked 10th in 
the nation. They faced 55 schools from 40 states which were broken up 
into three divisions based on their size. The Stevenson team placed 8th 
in the largest division and 11th in the nation. Congratulations for all 
your hard work.

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