[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 131 (Friday, September 28, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1660-E1661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATING WESTLAKE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

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                         HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 28, 2012

  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker I rise today to congratulate Westlake 
Christian School for receiving the Department of Education's esteemed 
designation of a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School.
  Founded in 1995 as a ministry of Palm Harbor United Methodist Church, 
Westlake Christian School quickly ascended to academic excellence. From 
its humble beginnings in a church hall with just eight kindergarteners, 
the school now enrolls more than 300 kindergarten through eighth grade 
students on its 11-acre campus. The school focuses on their mission to 
guide and inspire students to develop their God-given potential, while 
fostering a lifelong love of learning, in a nurturing Christ-centered 
environment.
  It is no small feat for a school to receive the distinguished honor 
of the Blue Ribbon Award.

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In fact, Westlake Christian School was one of just two private schools 
in Florida and 50 private schools throughout the entire Nation to 
receive this distinction. Their integrated spiritual and educational 
approach is providing students the building blocks of a successful 
education foundation.
  As Westlake Christian School proudly raises the Blue Ribbon flag on 
its campus, may those in our community and across the Nation be 
reminded of the good work done there daily and look to this school as a 
model of exemplary educational practices.

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