[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 83 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING PRINCIPAL JAN KING ON BEING NAMED THE 2010 WACHOVIA 
                  NORTH CAROLINA PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR

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                           HON. HEATH SHULER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 27, 2010

  Mr. SHULER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Principal Jan 
King of Glenn C. Marlow Elementary School in Mills River, North 
Carolina on being named the 2010 Wachovia North Carolina Principal of 
the Year. The designation of Principal of the Year not only signifies 
her effectiveness as an administrator but also the respect she has 
earned among her students, their parents, and their teachers.
  With this honor Mrs. King will be appointed to the State 
Superintendent's Principal's Advisory Committee and will serve a one-
year term as advisor to the State Board of Education. Principal King 
will also be appointed to a one-year term on the Board of Directors for 
the North Carolina Public School Forum and will chair the 2011 Wachovia 
Principal of the Year Selection Committee.
  As a native of Jackson County and an educator in the area, Mrs. King 
has spent most of her life in Western North Carolina. Throughout her 
educational career, Jan King has set a high educational standard for 
herself and her peers. In 2003, Mrs. King was named Henderson County 
Schools' Teacher of the Year and achieved National Board Certification. 
Mrs. King has also been selected to speak at various events including 
the North Carolina Gifted Education Conference, North Carolina Social 
Studies Conference and the National Board for Professional Teaching 
Standards Conference. She also served as a teacher and a consultant for 
the Library of Congress American Memory Fellow Program.
  The children of today are the leaders of our nation tomorrow. 
Educators like Principal King are central in providing these children 
the tools they need in order to be productive citizens in the future.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to congratulate Principal Jan King and to 
thank her for her tremendous service to the students in Western North 
Carolina.

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