[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 81 (Thursday, May 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING REBECCA OBERT-THORN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Donovan). The Chair recognizes the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to recognize an educator 
in my district who is making a lasting difference in the lives of Bucks 
County students.
  Rebecca Obert-Thorn, of Pennwood Middle School in Lower Makefield, 
was recently named the winner of the Axalta All-Pro Teacher of the Year 
Award. For this distinction, Rebecca has secured $7,000 for Pennwood to 
be used on materials that promote STEM education and opportunities for 
students.
  This program, which is in collaboration with the Philadelphia Eagles, 
honored Rebecca due to her dedication in the classroom, along with her 
work on the board of directors at Silver Lake Nature Center in Bristol 
and through STEM work at the Bucks County Community College. It also 
featured an event at Pennwood Middle School with Eagles wide receiver 
Bryce Treggs.
  I applaud Rebecca for her work in promoting STEM education and her 
commitment to building our next generation of leaders in Bucks County.


               Recognizing Council Rock High School South

  Mr. FITZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, NASA is known for hiring the brightest 
and most adept people in the world to execute the functions of space 
exploration and research. I am proud to recognize some of their 
youngest employees, who work not out of Houston, Texas, but from 
Council Rock High School South in Pennsylvania.
  Council Rock South is one of 125 schools in the Nation, and the only 
school in Pennsylvania, that participate in a unique program that 
enables students to develop projects that ultimately could be used by 
NASA itself. Indeed, NASA is currently working on one of the projects 
that originated from Council Rock South several years prior: a 
vibration isolation chamber that would protect fertilized eggs.
  I applaud these students for their contributions and would like to 
thank the technology education teacher, Fred Bauer, for the guidance 
and direction he provides these impressive young women and men.

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