[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING PENNSYLVANIA TEACHER OF THE YEAR LOIS REBICH

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                           HON. JASON ALTMIRE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2007

  Mr. ALTMIRE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Lois 
Rebich, the 2007 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Rebich is an 
Instructional Support teacher at Ross Elementary School in the North 
Hills School District in Pennsylvania. She began her teaching career 
seventeen years ago in the Pittsburgh City School District, but has 
been teaching in the North Hills School District for the past fifteen 
years.
  Through individual assistance and one-on-one tutoring, she provides 
support to students who have academic, behavioral or organization 
issues. Mrs. Rebich has excelled by coordinating her efforts with 
parents, teachers, administrators and other students. As one parent 
said, ``Mrs. Rebich does whatever it takes for the student and teacher 
to orchestrate a successful learning experience.''
  Pennsylvania has participated in the ``Teacher of the Year'' program 
since 1965. The program is co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania State 
Department of Education and the Pennsylvania chapter of the National 
State Teacher of the Year. Each year one teacher is recognized for 
excellence in education.
  I am honored to have the chance to recognize Mrs. Rebich's 
extraordinary accomplishment of becoming the 2007 Pennsylvania Teacher 
of the Year. She is representative of all the great teachers in the 
state of Pennsylvania. These selfless men and women spend every day 
educating our children and helping them to become happy and productive 
citizens of this great country.