[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 82 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E838]
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                     HONORING SERGE MARSHALL DAVIS

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 11, 2013

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, educating our children is one of the most 
important functions of a society. Preparing our children for the future 
is the best thing we can do for them and for our society. Serge 
Marshall Davis, the principal of the Sheila Mencher School in the Bronx 
is a man who has taken that message to heart.
  He is dedicated to improving the lives of the young people in his 
care by meeting the challenges of providing for them a high quality 
education. This includes children from many different countries 
speaking a variety of languages and dialects.
  He instituted and maintained a variety of programs including a middle 
school honors program, health oriented programs, the use of teacher 
specialists including mentors, inter-visitations by teachers, using 
data to improve instruction, and middle school community service among 
so many others. His school even won the Bronx Middle School Poetry Slam 
this year and was the Ball Room Dance Grand Champions in 2010.
  Under Principal Davis the school and its students have flourished 
through a well rounded education for the children from pre-kindergarten 
through the eighth grade.
  Serge Marshall Davis is being honored for his dedication as principal 
to improving the lives of the young people in his care and for meeting 
the challenges of providing for them a high quality education.

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