[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 188 (Tuesday, November 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO BONNIE POWELL

 Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I recognize Bonnie Powell, the 
Charlotte County Teacher of the Year from Lemon Bay High School in 
Englewood, FL.
  Bonnie believes she holds the best job on her school's campus. 
Working with students gives her the honor of coaching them in reading, 
writing, and speaking. She knows these lifelong skills will apply to 
any subject they work on later throughout their lives.
  In Bonnie's classes, she develops lesson plans that allow her 
students to explore perspectives, conduct research, and develop 
solutions to investigations they choose to study. Throughout the school 
year, she ensures they read, write, and discuss literature together in 
an atmosphere that offers the ability to learn from one another and be 
successful.
  Bonnie is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans. She teaches 
Advanced Placement literature, freshman Advanced International 
Certificate of Education--AICE--English General Paper, and an Advanced 
Placement Seminar course at Lemon Bay High School, where she has taught 
since 1997. She also is the Creative Writing Club sponsor, an assistant 
for the Shout Out at the Bay poetry slam, and tutors students after 
school.
  I extend my deepest gratitude and best wishes to Bonnie for her 
commitment to her students. I look forward to hearing about her 
continued good work in the years to come.

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