[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING KIARA DELLE HARGROVE FOR RECEIVING THE MILKEN NATIONAL 
                             EDUCATOR AWARD

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                         HON. JOHN P. SARBANES

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2007

  Mr. SARBANES. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. Kiara 
Delle Hargrove, an outstanding educator who has been selected to 
receive the Milken National Educator Award.
  The Milken National Educator Award is given to outstanding elementary 
and secondary school teachers, principals. and other education 
professionals. The recipients must demonstrate exceptional educational 
talent through their instructional practices and student learning 
results in the classroom and the school. They must also represent 
themselves as leaders who engage and inspire students, colleagues, and 
the community.
  Ms. Kiara Delle Hargrove, a chemistry teacher at Baltimore 
Polytechnic Institute, makes learning exciting by turning science 
experiments into competitions. She places importance on making sure her 
students are well-rounded individuals by integrating reading and 
writing strategies into her science lessons. She also differentiates 
instruction in order to teach a variety of academic levels at once. To 
ensure that students enter high school with the proper skills, Ms. 
Hargrove teaches remedial math and science study skills to incoming 
freshmen through the Summer Bridge Program, and serves as the ninth-
grade advisor. As co-advisor of the Math Engineering and Science 
Association (MESA), she helps elevate the study of math and science 
among girls, especially African-Americans, at Sudbrook Magnet Middle 
School. Ms. Hargrove was chair of the School Improvement Team, is co-
author of the School Improvement Plan, and has influenced many of her 
fellow teachers to go beyond traditional approaches to teaching.
  Ms. Hargrove's love of her profession and the students that she 
teaches is evidenced by the energy she puts into her work and the 
achievements of her students. As someone who has been active and keenly 
interested in education policy throughout my professional life, I have 
the utmost respect for teachers like Ms. Hargrove; she represents the 
passion and commitment of so many others across Maryland and the Nation 
who are working extremely hard to educate our children. As we work to 
rewrite the No Child Left Behind Act, the Congress ought to be doing 
all it can to provide these dedicated men and women with a law and the 
resources to empower this commitment and passion.
  Madam Speaker, I want to again offer congratulations to Ms. Kiara 
Delle Hargrove who has been recognized as an outstanding educator and 
will receive the Milken National Educator Award.

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