[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E744-E745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF MRS. SALLIE CHALFIN AFTER 28 YEARS OF 
                                TEACHING

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                         HON. DAVID SCHWEIKERT

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 25, 2018

  Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mrs. 
Sallie Chalfin, who is retiring this month after 28 years of teaching. 
Sallie has impacted thousands of students' lives over the course of her 
teaching career, primarily teaching middle school mathematics and 
social studies.
  Born in Springfield, Illinois, Sallie graduated with a Bachelor's 
degree from the University of Arizona. She first taught at Alta E. 
Butler Elementary School in Phoenix, followed by Tavan Elementary 
School and Laguna Elementary School in Scottsdale. Sallie then spent a 
short time teaching in Ooltewah, Tennessee at Snow Hill Elementary 
School before moving back to the Valley of the Sun to spend nearly 14 
years teaching at Mountainside Middle School. For the last four years 
she has

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taught at Cooley Middle School in Gilbert, Arizona.
  Her passion for education has been evident not only in the classroom 
but outside of school as well. She founded the Mountainside Middle 
School Helping Hands Club, a school service club that provided 
assistance each month to organizations and/or people in need in the 
local community, and she ran that club for nearly 14 years.
  Like so many of our nation's educators, Sallie continued to support 
students after school hours and tutored a number of them in math, going 
on to create a successful tutoring program that positively impacted 
many young people in middle school and high school. She has been a 
mentor to numerous students, and has always been willing to give her 
personal time to help them succeed. Her compassion, patience, and 
strong belief in her students have had lasting impacts long after they 
leave her classroom.
  Sallie has dedicated her professional career to helping students 
learn and achieve excellence. I join her family, her colleagues and her 
students, past and present, who thank her for her years of dedication 
to teaching and for her service to our nation.

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