[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DUNEDIN, FLORIDA CELEBRATES ITS 50TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 10, 2009

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, the students, parents, faculty 
and staff of San Jose Elementary School celebrate 50 years of 
educational excellence this week in Dunedin, Florida, which I have the 
honor to represent.
  Monika Wolcott, San Jose's principal, and her staff take great pride 
in providing a close-knit family that works with parents and local 
businesses to challenge their students to achieve the highest 
standards. Their motto is Commitment to Character and SOS (self, 
others, school).
  San Jose Elementary welcomed its first students on September 2, 1958 
to a growing part of North Pinellas County and now has as its students 
the children of many of its alumni.
  The school has been called one of Pinellas County's best kept secrets 
and sits on a very unique piece of property. It is immediately adjacent 
to the 75 acre Hammock Park, the Dunedin Nature Center, the Gulf of 
Mexico and the Pinellas Trail, a county-long recreational pathway.
  Madam Speaker, it is my hope that my colleagues will join me in 
saying thank you to San Jose Elementary for providing a half-century of 
caring service to the thousands of students who have passed through its 
doors. As the times and technologies have changed over the years, one 
thing has remained constant. That is a commitment to a warm and caring 
learning environment which has led to a quality education for Pinellas 
County elementary students. My congratulations go out to the San Jose 
Hawks, their parents and teachers for a job well done.

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