[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 74 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E999]
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                         HONORING SUSAN PETERS

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 6, 2002

  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend 
Susan Peters as she retires from over 37 years of educating children of 
elementary grade levels one through three. Susan has taught at Neil 
Armstrong Elementary School in Diamond Bar, California for 30 years and 
has been in the Pomona Unified School District for 33 years. She has 
even had the rare opportunity to teach the children of former students. 
Formerly, her first four years were in the State of Michigan.
  In her years at Neil Armstrong, she took the lead role in organizing 
the school library and bringing it into the 21st century. Susan, with 
her team teacher Toby Kahan, has instituted the AR reading program and 
set it up on computers for the entire school. She has always been 
available to serve on many different committees, both school and 
district-wide. Susan holds a Masters Degree in Education specializing 
in reading.
  Susan's departure will be a great loss to her school and to the 
children she teaches. She has stated that from the time she was a small 
child she knew that she was to be a teacher, and she succeeded in that 
dream. This is a great and very dedicated educator whom I congratulate 
for her years of outstanding commitment to our children as she goes 
into retirement.

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