[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 71 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING MRS. ANGIE WOMBLE RAWLS ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AS 
           DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES AT PEARL HIGH SCHOOL

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                           HON. MICHAEL GUEST

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 27, 2023

  Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Angie Womble Rawls 
on the occasion of her retirement as Director of Choral Activities at 
Pearl High School.
  Mrs. Rawls has dedicated her 30-year professional career in the Pearl 
Public School District to cultivating excellence in education through 
her role in the tine arts. Not only has she taught her students how to 
read music and stay on key, but she has also helped build leaders 
through guidance, encouragement, and persistence. Mrs. Rawls has 
provided her students with exciting opportunities and has given them 
lasting joy in music.
  Mrs. Rawls has been recognized by her peers as a phenomenal pianist, 
an award-winning choral director, and a respected clinician and 
adjudicator. Her choirs regularly receive all-superior ratings, and she 
has played an integral role in building a legacy of success in the 
Pearl Schools choral activities program. Mrs. Rawls received the 
Ernestine Ferrell Award, the highest honor for a choral director in 
Mississippi, in 2018, the Heart of the Arts Award for the State of 
Mississippi in 2019, and the Mississippi Music Educators Association 
Outstanding Music Educator of the Year Award in 2020. Mrs. Rawls was 
named 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year for the Pearl Public School 
District in recognition of her dedication to her students and for her 
substantial role in the success of the district overall.
  I thank Mrs. Rawls for her dedication to Mississippi's future leaders 
and for her success in bringing the joy of music to so many in our 
state. May the Lord continue to bless her and keep her.

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