[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 22, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF JESUS RAMOS RECIPIENT OF THE 2015 ST. MADELEINE 
                              SOPHIE AWARD

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 22, 2015

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring 
the recipients of the sixteenth annual St. Madeleine Sophie Awards, 
given by Sacred Heart Schools (SHS), Atherton, California. The 
recipients of this prestigious and highly regarded recognition are 
individuals in the SHS community who have made a sustained and 
significant contribution to the Schools and embody the Goals and 
Criteria of a Sacred Heart education. Their commitment to the mission 
of a Sacred Heart education is a source of great inspiration to our 
entire community. This awards celebration will be held on September 23, 
2015, in the Eileen Sullivan Connolly Auditorium in the Campbell Center 
for the Performing Arts at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton.
  This year's award recipient, Jesus Ramos, has given generously of his 
time, talent, and devotion to the Mission of the Society of the Sacred 
Heart.
  Jesus Ramos is a Spanish instructor and coordinator of the Senior 
Honors Independent Study Program at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, 
California. In his 25 years as an educator in several independent 
schools, Jesus has worked in a wide range of school positions and 
functions: middle school academic dean; middle and high school Spanish 
teacher; World Languages department head; college counselor; founder of 
an office of Diversity and Inclusion; middle and high school admissions 
committees; coach; dorm faculty member; peer mentor and evaluator; and 
campus ministry. In these capacities he has gained invaluable 
collaborative, communication, problem-solving, and strategic planning 
fluencies: mediating between teachers, parents and students; directing 
curriculum design; overseeing the hiring and evaluation of new and 
returning teachers; working with faculty, students, the Admissions 
Office and the Head of Schools on issues of equity, justice and 
multiculturalism; counseling students and their families through the 
college application process; and equally exercising his duties as 
coach, faculty resident and classroom teacher. Jesus earned his B.A. in 
Theology and Spanish Literature and his M.A. in Spanish Literature from 
the University of Notre Dame. He resides in Menlo Park, California.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in 
honoring the extraordinary work and contributions of Jesus Ramos and 
congratulate him on being honored with the St. Madeleine Sophie Award.

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