[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 177 (Tuesday, November 6, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING WANDA PAYNE FOR HER PUBLIC SERVICE

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                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 6, 2018

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honor of a 
dedicated public servant, my sister Wanda Payne, who recently retired 
from the Newark Public School System after thirty-two years of service.
  Wanda's journey as a teacher began at the age of twelve, when she 
volunteered at Newark's Chen School. The following year she obtained a 
summer position at the school, and she worked there every year until 
her college graduation. Wanda attended Kean University, where she 
earned a degree in Early Childhood Education.
  She taught twenty-nine years at Camden Street School. Her first 
twenty-five years at Camden Street School were as a kindergarten 
teacher, then she taught pre-kindergarten for four years. Wanda 
transferred to Hawthorne Avenue School, where she taught kindergarten 
and first grade before retiring. Wanda has made a difference in the 
lives of our most precious resources, our children.
  Wanda is dedicated to community service. She spent twenty-five years 
at the Fresh Air Fund, a program that sends hundreds of children to 
summer camp and assists seniors, single parents and the unemployed. She 
was a youth advisor for the North Jersey Youth Club, as well as the 
Youth in Government and Model U.N. programs for high school students. 
She is a consummate professional who has truly enjoyed her teaching 
career and her volunteer work.
  I am grateful that Wanda chose to follow in my father's footsteps and 
become an educator. She has served the children of the Newark Public 
School System with her heart, and in the process has created an 
outstanding legacy.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Wanda Payne deserves to be recognized for a job well 
done during her many years of dedicated service to the children of 
Newark. I am proud to have such a dedicated sister and wish her much 
success in her future endeavors. Wanda is the mother of one son and the 
grandmother of four.

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