[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 185 (Thursday, December 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 RECOGNIZING THE HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING THE 
                           BLUE RIBBON AWARD

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                           HON. HARRY TEAGUE

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 9, 2009

  Mr. TEAGUE. Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate Harrison Schmitt 
Elementary School in Silver City, New Mexico, for receiving the Blue 
Ribbon School Award awarded by the U.S. Department of Education for 
demonstrating academic excellence and dramatic gains in student 
achievement levels.
  The Blue Ribbon Schools award was created in 1982 to recognize 
schools where the students attain and maintain high academic standards 
and are pushed to improve themselves and further their dedication to 
scholastic achievement. This award shows that Harrison Schmitt 
Elementary School is striving to close the achievement gap.
  Schools like Harrison Schmitt Elementary achieve such great 
distinctions because of the hard work and its dedicated educators and 
families. The students also deserve to be recognized for making the 
most of the opportunities afforded to them by the excellent staff. 
Harrison Schmitt Elementary School is a prime example for the academic 
progress other schools throughout the nation should strive to achieve.
  I am honored to have Blue Ribbon Schools like Harrison Schmitt 
Elementary School in my district. I commend their achievement and wish 
them luck in the continuing their academic achievement.

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