[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 149 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CROCKER MIDDLE SCHOOL

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                          HON. JACKIE SPEIER-

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 15, 2009

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, this year marks the 50th Anniversary of 
William H. Crocker Middle School in Hillsborough, California.
  Crocker Middle School has been recognized as a California 
Distinguished School seven times, most recently in 2007, and is one of 
only three schools in the entire nation to be awarded a National Blue 
Ribbon for Secondary Schools on four occasions. Among the school's many 
other rewards, in 1993, Crocker was named to the Royal Swedish Academy 
of Engineering Science's ``Top Five World Class Schools.''
  Crocker Middle School has served the community by constantly 
reviewing and improving its curriculum and continually striving for 
academic excellence. The newest addition to the Crocker campus is a 
building housing a state-of-the-art studio for Hillsborough Television 
(HTV), band and music instruction rooms, a lecture hall modeled after 
facilities at Harvard University, and much needed classrooms. This 
completed a ten year Hillsborough School District renovation project.
  Madam Speaker, William H. Crocker Middle School has educated my own 
children, Jackson and Stephanie, so I can vouch first-hand to its 
excellence and the caring and passion of its incredible staff. In 
addition to strong academic programs in English, mathematics, science, 
social studies, foreign language, and physical education, Crocker 
offers electives in the arts and personal development skills such as 
leadership and public speaking.
  The entire Crocker School family believes strongly that its role is 
to help each child build a foundation that will serve her or him for 
their entire life. Every aspect of its educational curriculum is 
designed to build a close, caring community in which every child and 
every adult is recognized and respected.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to be a William H. Crocker Middle School 
parent and I salute Crocker's longtime principal, Janet Chun, who has 
been a beacon of expanded learning that includes a strong community 
service component. She follows in the impressive footsteps of her 
predecessors, Fred Schwartz, Carl Zon, Marilyn Loushin Miller, Dan 
Kreuzer and Larry Raffo, all of whom deserve our recognition and our 
gratitude. I congratulate everyone in the Crocker community for half a 
century of academic and community achievement.

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