[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3029-S3030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SCOTT GINGER

 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, today I am honored to 
recognize one of Nevada's most dedicated and exceptional educators, Mr. 
Scott Ginger of Green Valley High School, who has served thousands of 
students with the utmost dedication. Mr. Ginger, as his current and 
former students continue to call him, has remained committed to his 
students' success for 29 years. He began his career at William E. Orr 
Middle School in 1989 and moved to Green Valley High School 2 years 
later, where administrators, faculty, students, and families have 
revered him. He has won the Green Valley High School Golden Gator Award 
17 times and has been inducted into the Clark County Teachers' Hall of 
Fame.
  Nevadans who know Mr. Ginger are eager to highlight his impressive 
skills as a speech and debate coach, a role that has given him and his 
forensics team at Green Valley High School the county championship 24 
consecutive times since 1995 and the State championship a record 16 
times. In 2018, the National Speech and Debate Association named him 
Nevada Educator of the Year. Although a very skilled competitor, Mr. 
Ginger has always emphasized that speech and debate are primarily ``a 
vehicle to build character, to be ethical, to be kind, to think big 
picture and think about others.'' Students who were fortunate to learn 
from Mr. Ginger agree. Those in the professional world claim Mr. 
Ginger's classroom lessons still help them keep calm and collected when 
speaking in public. Most importantly, those students also give Mr. 
Ginger credit for their ability to make lasting connections and 
friendships.
  The sense of community belonging that Mr. Ginger has given his 
students is perhaps his most important legacy. He has allowed some of 
his most talented students to teach within the classroom and has 
provided an opportunity for former students to come back and speak 
about the multiple benefits they have reaped from forensics. Thus, a 
community of skilled debaters

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has grown in southern Nevada, including those who have become leaders 
in a variety of fields all across the country. No matter where their 
career paths lead them, Mr. Ginger's former students will always 
remember and cherish the life lessons they learned in his classroom.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mr. Scott Ginger for 
his 29 years of service as an educator in the Clark County School 
District. I admire Mr. Ginger for his incredible ability to inspire and 
shape the lives of his students and for encouraging cooperation and a 
sense of community that should be held as a model for all classrooms in 
our Nation. I celebrate Mr. Ginger's impact in Nevada, and I am proud 
of his work to enhance young Nevadans' ability to succeed and 
thrive.

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