[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 151 (Thursday, November 18, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO MAGGIE PARKS

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. TOM LATHAM-

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 2010

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Maggie Parks of 
Marshalltown, Iowa, as the recipient of the Art Educators of Iowa, AEI, 
2010 Art Teacher of the Year award for her dedication to her students 
and art. She accepted the award on October 2, 2010 at the AEI 
conference in Sioux City, Iowa.
  Maggie, who has been with the Marshalltown Community School District 
for 13 years, is currently an art teacher at Fisher Elementary School 
and at Woodbury Elementary School. The AEI Art Teacher of the Year 
award is the highest honor that can be given by the organization.
  One of Maggie's goals is to help improve art education throughout the 
state by serving on boards and assisting other teachers. She is 
responsible for starting a new mentoring program for first year art 
teachers in the state. Maggie would keep a list of things that would 
work and share it with other teachers in the state.
  In the past, Maggie was the president on the AEI board and served in 
several capacities with organization. She is highly respected in the 
school district as well as in the state of Iowa and is perceived by her 
peers as a leader at the school, district, and state level.
  Maggie Parks is an incredible teacher, and her dedication to her 
profession and to her students should make every Iowan proud. It's an 
honor to represent her and the people of the Marshalltown Community 
School District in the United States Congress, and I know that my 
colleagues in the House join me in congratulating Maggie on this well-
deserved award and thanking her for her dedicated service to her 
community and America's youth.

                          ____________________