[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4502-S4503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO SUMMER HOLTZHOWER

 Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, today I honor Summer Holtzhower, 
the Sumter County Teacher of the Year from Wildwood Elementary School 
in Wildwood, FL.
  Summer, a 4th grade math and science teacher, just completed her 
second year and designs her classroom activities to challenge her 
students. She has a teaching activity called the Density Lab, where 
students experiment with placing certain liquids in measuring cups and 
hypothesize where they think the liquids will settle. Students then 
test to see if their hypothesis are correct and answer Summer's

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``higher order thinking'' questions about their lab results.
  Summer, who believes that one of her goals as an educator is to make 
her students feel valued, does this by encouraging her students to 
participate in days such as National Compliment Day. She believes that 
events like this will allow her students to feel empowered and know 
that they are capable of success in the future.
  I offer my best wishes to Summer and look forward to hearing of her 
continued success in the years ahead.

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