[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1098]
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   HONORING ALTHEA MUSGROVE NORCOTT FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE AS AN 
                                EDUCATOR

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 15, 2010

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I rise to commemorate a long career of 
dedicated service to the young people of Connecticut by Althea Musgrove 
Norcott, who is retiring this month after over three decades of 
teaching and education administration in New Haven.
  A Connecticut girl through-and-through, Althea was born in New Haven 
to George and Mavis Musgrove, educated at West Haven High School and 
the University of Connecticut, and received a sixth year in 
administration and supervision at Southern Connecticut State 
University. In fact, with the exception of several years spent as a 
special education teacher in the United States Virgin Islands, she has 
spent her entire life in service to our state and community. And we are 
grateful to her for it.
  For 31 years, Althea has worked to improve the scholarship and 
experience of students at Hillhouse High School. Beginning as a special 
education teacher for emotionally disturbed and learning disable 
students in 1978, she was named assistant principal in charge of the 
English and Foreign Language Departments in 1994. In both positions, 
Althea has transformed the lives of thousands of students for the 
better, and enriched the Hillhouse High community with her wisdom, 
patience, and grace.
  Not content to leave her good works at the schoolhouse door, Althea 
also worked to broaden the horizons of her students through trips to 
Egypt, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, as part of the Ambassadors for 
International Education program. And she has given of herself in 
countless other ways outside of Hillhouse, including chairing the New 
Haven Host Town Program of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games and 
co-founding and, for the past 14 years, chairing the Freetown-New Haven 
Sister Cities Committee.
  I thank Althea deeply for these decades of service to our mutual 
hometown, and I congratulate her, her husband Justice Fleming L. 
Norcott, Jr., and their children Daryl, Tiffany, and Candace, on 
reaching this important milestone. Congratulations, Althea, you have 
earned it.

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