[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 100 (Tuesday, June 13, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E814]
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                             LAWRENCE ZHAO

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 13, 2017

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Lawrence Zhao, 
who is a 7th grade student at Next Generation School in Champaign, 
Illinois. Lawrence will be competing in the 2017 National You Be the 
Chemist Challenge. The You Be the Chemist Challenge is an interactive 
academic contest that invites students from all around the United 
States in Grades 5 to 8 to explore chemistry concepts and their real-
world applications.
  Lawrence has advanced through many rigorous levels of competition 
over the past school year to qualify for the national competition, 
which is held Monday, June 19th, in Washington D.C. The competition 
starts out at a local level, where students participate individually, 
with first the distribution of a quiz that relates to chemistry and 
those who pass it are eligible to participate in the local contest. The 
local contest consists of a quiz-bowl style format containing several 
rounds of multiple choice questions.
  Lawrence won the local challenge and had the opportunity to compete 
in a similar style state-wide competition. Having received the highest 
score at the state challenge, he advanced to the national challenge. I 
applaud Lawrence Zhao for his exemplary performance thus far, and I 
wish him the best of luck in not only the challenge, but all his future 
endeavors.

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