[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO ANGELA ROBERTS

 Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, today I am pleased to recognize 
Angela Roberts, the Martin County Teacher of the Year from Felix A. 
Williams Elementary School in Stuart, FL.
  Angela is a third grade English language arts and social studies 
teacher at Felix A. Williams Elementary School. She has taught for 28 
years, with 21 years in the Martin County School District. She leads 
workshops during her school's literacy nights, serves as a youth life 
coach and soloist at her church, moderates as a high school debate team 
judge, volunteers as a member of the Keep Martin Beautiful beach clean-
up crew, and spends her time as an advanced choir parent volunteer for 
both Jensen Beach and Martin County high schools.
  Angela believes that children deserve a champion in their life, and 
she wholeheartedly embraces this responsibility. Before she works to 
educate her students' minds, she connects with their hearts, learning 
who they are individually to design lessons that bring them to the core 
of her subject matter. She understands that what some students need 
most is not necessarily what is found in lesson plans, but what is 
found in a teacher's heart.
  Angela knows that educators hold the high honor and responsibility of 
influencing future generations. Time spent in grade school encompasses 
a student's most formative years, sometimes spent more with teachers 
than with parents. In consideration of this, at the beginning of each 
school year, Angela invites parents to download an app that provides 
them with access to communicate with the classroom, following the 
lesson plan alongside students each day.
  I thank Angela for all the great work she has done for her students 
over the years. I extend my best wishes to her and look forward to 
hearing of her continued good work in the coming years.

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