[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 176 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CAYDEN CODEL

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 7, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Cayden Codel, a senior at Valley High School in West Des 
Moines, Iowa, for earning a perfect score on his American College 
Testing (ACT) examination.
  Cayden is one of only 2,235 students out of 2.1 million 2017 high 
school test-takers who earned this very rare honor. He was one of five 
students in his Valley High School class to earn the top composite 
score of 36, a milestone that had never before been reached in the 
school's history. Cayden was able to accomplish this impressive feat 
while still remaining active in a number of extracurricular activities, 
including: Knowledge Bowl, Mock Trial, Moody's Mega Math Challenge 
Team, swim team, National Honor Society's student tutoring committee, 
Valley High School show choir, Iowa Opus Honor Choir, Iowa All-State 
Orchestra, summer junior counselor at the Science Center of Iowa and 
the Plymouth Congregational Church Youth Choir.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Cayden for his hard-work, dedication, and 
commitment to excellence I ask that my colleagues in the United States 
House of Representatives join me in congratulating him and in wishing 
him nothing but continued success.

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