[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 184 (Sunday, October 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S6594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TRIBUTE TO SUSANNA POST

 Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
an outstanding Arkansas educator, Susanna Post, who was named the 2021 
Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
  Susanna has demonstrated her excellence in educating during her 
tenure as a math and business technology teacher at Belle Point 
Alternative Center in Fort Smith, AR.
  Susanna launched her teaching career in North Carolina after 
graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2002, 
where she earned a degree in mathematics and computer science. She left 
the classroom temporarily after a family relocation when she entered 
the business world and worked as petroleum analyst and senior 
engineering technician at multiple oil and gas companies.
  We are fortunate that she wanted to return to teaching as she has 
been a trailblazer during her time at Belle Point, quickly accruing a 
long list of achievements. Susanna developed the school's first coding 
club and also facilitated a Lindamood-Bell literary intervention group. 
She is also the primary leader for the school's Culture Project Week, a 
program that uses project-based activities to strengthen relationships 
among students, faculty, and community. Her devotion to educating 
future generations has benefitted not only Belle Point, but the entire 
school district. In addition to serving on the district's secondary 
math curriculum development team, she also created an ACT prep program 
in collaboration with other district leaders. Susanna's leadership is 
equally evident in the classroom, where she implemented a unique 
project-based learning approach using her experience from the business 
world.
  Her passion for and commitment to education is demonstrated by her 
own education. She completed two master's programs while teaching at 
Belle Point. In 2017, she earned a master's degree in secondary 
education and teaching from the University of Central Arkansas. In 
2020, she received a master's in rural and urban school leadership from 
the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
  I would like to offer my congratulations to Susanna Post for her 
determination, devotion, and commitment to her students and to 
education. I am encouraged by her efforts to inspire our next 
generation of leaders and her drive to help them succeed.

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