[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 106 (Thursday, June 28, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONGRATULATIONS TO STEPHEN PAUL POLLINGER, PHD

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 27, 2007

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, teaching is among the most 
noble and demanding of professions; and excellence in the delivery of 
education helps not only individuals, but the entire community, become 
more tolerant, knowledgeable, and strong. The effectiveness and 
efficiency of learning depends, in large measure, on those individuals 
who have dedicated their life to quality education, public service, and 
excellence. Recognizing one educator in particular, I would like to 
congratulate Dr. Stephen Paul Pollinger for his recent Law Teacher of 
the Year for Middle School Award, given to him by the American Bar 
Association. After receiving his doctorate in education from Fordham 
University in New York, he taught at several universities, most 
recently at Florida Atlantic University, while serving as the Middle 
School Administrator at Donna Klein Jewish Academy in Boca Raton, FL. 
Dr. Pollinger has also served as a staff developer for the Broward 
County School Board, curriculum designer in social science, principal 
at the elementary and middle school levels, and participated in 
creating Holocaust education that is now a part of the Florida 
curriculum.
  After taking on the law program at Seminole Middle School in 
Plantation, FL, he involved the school in the Broward County Mock Trial 
program under the direction of Judge Robert Diaz. Seminole Middle 
School not only participated in the program, but they won the 
competition! It was the success of this program that led to Dr. 
Pollinger involving the students in the American Bar Association's mock 
trials competition. His participation and leadership in education led 
Dr. Pollinger to win the American Bar Association's Law Teacher of the 
Year for Middle Schools. He will travel to San Francisco in August to 
receive the award, while simultaneously representing Seminole Middle 
School, Broward County, the State of Florida, and of course my home 
district, Florida 20. With that said Madam Speaker, I am honored to 
recognize Dr. Stephen Paul Pollinger for his positive impact on the 
lives of others.

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