[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 87 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1237-E1238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATIONS TO AMANDA TURBERVILLE, MOBILE AREA OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR 
                              OF THE YEAR

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2003

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride and pleasure that I 
rise to honor and congratulate Mrs. Amanda Turberville for having 
recently received the Mobile Area Education Foundation's 2003 
Outstanding Educator Award. She truly deserves our warmest and most 
sincere congratulations. Her dedication and hard work have rightly 
earned her this prestigious award.
  While among the younger faculty members of Phillips Preparatory 
Magnet School, Amanda Turberville has brought her excitement and love 
for science to all of her seventh grade classes. Her cheerful spirit 
and love for children make her a joy to be around, both in and out of 
the classroom. Mrs. Turberville works hard to keep her classroom an 
exciting and creative workplace for her students. Her students do not 
just learn science, they learn to love science.
  Amanda Turberville graduated from Mississippi State University in 
1997 and has been teaching middle school science at Phillips 
Preparatory Magnet School for 7 years. She has

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been energizing to her students since day one and she still brings the 
enthusiastic spark with which she began teaching to the classroom. Her 
desire to not just teach but to help her students want to learn has 
made her well-deserving of this distinguished award.
  Amanda Turberville has given an unequaled level of hard work and 
service to her school and to her students. Her level of creativity and 
her desire to make learning fun, have allowed her to touch so many of 
her students' lives. My personal heroes are not the big celebrities but 
rather the people you do not hear much about. My heroes are the people 
like Amanda Turberville who dedicate their entire lives to helping 
people and making a difference in the lives of others as well as in our 
community. Once again, I congratulate Amanda Turberville for her 
service, leadership and dedication to her students and the future of 
our great country.

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