[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 56 (Wednesday, May 10, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING CHERYL NIX, SOUTH BEND SCHOOL CORPORATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR

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                           HON. CHRIS CHOCOLA

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 9, 2006

  Mr. CHOCOLA. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Cheryl Nix who was 
recently honored as the South Bend School Corporation's Teacher of the 
Year.
  Cheryl is a math teacher at LaSalle Intermediate Academy in South 
Bend, Indiana and has been a teacher in South Bend for 29 years. She 
began her teaching career in 1976 at Monroe Primary School in South 
Bend teaching deaf and hearing-impaired children. She has been married 
26 years and, in addition to teaching her students, she also has a 
full-time teaching job as a mother of two children.
  Her 29 years of dedication and excellence in one of our Nation's most 
important professions deserves our honor and our respect. We don't 
spend enough time highlighting the great things that are happening 
every day in our schools.
  It has been said many times, and will always be true, that our 
children are our future. Their education is the key to making sure that 
they have the proper tools to succeed when it is their turn to steer 
the ship of this Nation. As long as teachers such as Cheryl Nix are 
entrusted with that responsibility, I have confidence that our future 
as a Nation will be bright.

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