[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4263-S4264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO FRANCISCO CARDOZA

 Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I recognize Francisco Cardoza, the 
Orange County Teacher of the Year from Village Park Elementary School 
in Orlando, FL.
  Francisco helps his students gain confidence and seek excellence in 
their schoolwork. He often has fun lessons for his students, such as 
setting the classroom up to mimic a racetrack to demonstrate force and 
motion or going into a hospital room to teach how to measure volume and 
mass.
  While Francisco considers his students his top priority, he also 
works to help everyone else on campus. He volunteers to tutor other 
students, mentor children, lead a committee, or plan a school event. 
His colleagues know he commits to teaching and leads others to be 
successful in any way he can.
  Francisco is a fifth grade teacher at Village Park Elementary, where 
he has taught for nearly 2 years. He began the school's National 
Elementary Honor Society chapter and Safety Patrol and helped run its 
Amazing Shake initiative.
  I extend my deepest gratitude and best wishes to Francisco for his 
commitment to his students. I look forward to hearing about his 
continued good work in the years to come.

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