[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PRE-LAW PROGRAMS AT CARL WUNSCHE SR. HIGH SCHOOL

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 20, 2016

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on February 22, 2016, the Criminal 
Justice and Pre-Law Programs at Carl Wunsche Sr. High School, a Career 
Academy operating within my district, were selected for Advance Career 
Technical Education's (CTE) 2016 Excellence in Action Award in the Law 
Career Cluster. The following day, Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman 
visited the campus Law Enforcement Explorers meeting to evaluate the 
programs and congratulate and encourage the students. Exemplary 
programs such as these cannot go unnoticed; Advance CTE understands 
this, which is why they honor and award programs who meet their high 
standards.
  Advance CTE's Excellence in Action Award recognizes programs who 
``show a true progression from secondary to postsecondary education, 
provide meaningful work-based learning opportunities, and have a 
substantial and evidence-based impact on student achievement and 
success.'' Each program chosen for recognition is honored in an award 
ceremony, in an active blog series, in a monthly Congressional 
newsletter, and in the 2015 Celebrating Innovations in Career Technical 
Education ceremony at the White House. Carl Wunsche Sr. High School's 
Criminal Justice and Pre-Law programs are deserving of all of these 
honors, but the programs wouldn't be where they are without the 
instructors who cultivated them.
  Great programs reflect the experience and leadership of the 
instructors who run them. This could not be truer for Curtis Doss who 
heads up the Criminal Justice program and Mary Scherzer who directs the 
Pre-Law program. Mr. Doss has over 25 years of law enforcement 
experience serving in a myriad of roles. His career stretches as a U.S. 
Marshall, 8 years as a member of SWAT, as a member of the honor guard, 
as OIC of the national fugitive recovery unit, and as an undercover 
agent.
  Instructors and programs like this develop our young men and women 
into competent, experienced graduates ready for their careers. Our 
criminal justice system is well served to have graduates of Carl 
Wunsche Sr. High operating within its ranks. It makes me proud to 
represent students and instructors who conduct themselves with such 
distinction.
  And that is just the way it is.

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