[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 21 (Friday, February 8, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S813-S814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      ALABAMA BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS

 Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I would like for my colleagues 
to join me in congratulating Forest Avenue Academic Magnet Elementary 
School in Montgomery, AL, which has been named a No Child Left Behind 
Blue Ribbon School of 2007. I recently met with principal Jan Hill and 
teachers Jennifer Rodopoulos and Gina Thomase from Forest Avenue, and I 
thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to talk with them about education 
and this great achievement. Blue Ribbon Schools are selected because 
they are showing dramatic achievement gains in working with students 
from disadvantaged backgrounds or they are in the top 10 percent of 
their State on State tests. This is a remarkable accomplishment, and I 
applaud the hard work principal Jan Hill and the many other hard-
working faculty and staff have done to receive this high honor. I know 
that the lives of students at these schools are being changed.
  Madam President, I would like for my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating K.J. Clark School of Mathematics, Science, and 
Technology in Mobile, AL, which has been named a No Child Left Behind 
Blue Ribbon School of 2007. Blue Ribbon Schools are selected because 
they are showing dramatic achievement gains in working with students 
from disadvantaged backgrounds or they are in the top 10 percent of 
their State on State tests. This is a remarkable accomplishment, and I 
applaud the hard work principal Dianne McWain and the many hard-working 
faculty and staff members have done to receive this high honor. I know 
that the lives of students at these schools are being changed.

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  Madam President, I would like for my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, AL, which 
has been named a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School of 2007. Blue 
Ribbon Schools are selected because they are showing dramatic 
achievement gains in working with students from disadvantaged 
backgrounds or they are in the top 10 percent of their State on State 
tests. This is a remarkable accomplishment, and I applaud the hard work 
principal B.T. Drake and the many hard-working faculty and staff 
members have done to receive this high honor. I know that the lives of 
students at these schools are being changed.

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