[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING RONDOUT SCHOOL DISTRICT 72 ON ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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                       HON. BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 1, 2014

  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Rondout Elementary 
School in the suburban Chicago district I represent as it celebrates 
its sesquicentennial. For 150 years, Rondout School has educated 
children with a commitment to the Rondout Way: Respect, Responsibility, 
Honesty, Kindness.
   Honoring these principles, Rondout School strives to focus its 
``collective professional expertise to deliver the highest quality 
instruction to our students and to measure their academic and social 
learning . . . one student at a time.''
   This is the Rondout School mission, and it is this mission that the 
talented, dedicated teachers, employees and administrators of District 
72 carry out.
   Good education is the foundation of all of our future success in the 
21st Century, and all kids, regardless of zip code, deserve the 
opportunity to pursue an excellent education.
   Outstanding schools like Rondout Elementary exemplify the character 
and vision that our educational system needs.
   Whether it is in the classroom, during the summer, through social 
and emotional learning or at one of Rondout's extracurricular 
activities, students are engaged, stimulated and challenged in 
rewarding and enriching ways.
   I am proud of Rondout Elementary School's commitment to excellence, 
and I am so pleased to congratulate Rondout School District 72 on 150 
great years.

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