[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING DAVID CRISSEY AS SANTA ROSA DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 8, 2006

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the U.S. Congress, 
it is an honor for me to rise today to recognize David Crissey as 
Teacher of the Year for the 2005-2006 school year.
  On January 30, 2006, David Crissey was announced Teacher of the Year 
in the Santa Rosa County School District, a district he has proudly 
served since 1995. Mr. Crissey is an alternative education teacher with 
the Exceptional Student Education Department's Students Achieving 
Independent Learning, SAIL, Program at the Berryhill Administrative 
Complex in Milton, FL.
  The SAIL program serves students who have been removed from their 
home schools due to a zero tolerance offense or for a long pattern of 
chronic disruptive behaviors. It takes a special person with an 
abundance of patience to teach these students not only academics, but 
also how to succeed socially in society. Stemming from his love for 
helping children to become successful, over the past 10 years David 
Crissey has developed an innovative resiliency training program, which 
teaches students to bounce back from the life stressors they have faced 
in their lives. Not only an educator for his students, he has presented 
his resiliency training program as well as other innovative alternative 
education programming at several international, national, regional and 
State level conferences to help prepare his colleagues for the 
behavioral challenges that will face them in the classroom.
  The Teacher of the Year recognition highlights 1 year of teaching, 
but the proof of greatness lies beyond the title; it lies in the hearts 
and minds of the students who have been deeply affected. Undeniably, 
each day walking into the classroom, David Crissey positively shapes 
the lives of his students.
  Through his hard work and dedication in the field of academia, the 
impact he has had on his students and the difference he has made in 
their lives has proven him to be among the great teachers in Northwest 
Florida, and Santa Rosa School District is honored to have him as one 
of their own.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the U.S. Congress, I am proud to recognize 
David Crissey on this outstanding achievement for his exemplary service 
in the Santa Rosa County School District.

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