[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           CONGRATULATING HALF HOLLOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL EAST

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                            HON. RICK LAZIO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 26, 2000

  Mr. LAZIO. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate a distinguished group of 
students from the Half Hollow Hills High School in Dix Hills, New York.
  These students recently won the Region 5 award at the ``We the People 
. . . the Citizen and the Constitution'' national finals held here in 
Washington, DC. This award is presented to the school in each of five 
geographic regions with the highest cumulative score during the first 
two days of the national finals. These outstanding young people 
competed against 50 other classes from throughout the nation and 
demonstrated a remarkable understanding of the fundamental ideals and 
values of American constitutional government.
  Our United States Constitution is over 200 years old. Two-thirds of 
the world's constitutions have been adopted since 1970. Only fifteen 
other constitutions predate WWII and none predate the U.S. 
Constitution. Recent studies show that approximately half of American 
adults do not know that the purpose of the original Constitution was to 
create a federal government and define its power. The educators and 
students of Dix Hills have proven that they do not fall into this 
category and it is an honor to recognize their achievement.
  I wish to congratulate Ms. Gloria Sesso and her students Isaac Chen, 
Jeffrey Chernick, Alyssa Cohen, Zachary Cohn, Michael Givner, Michael 
Gold, Sarah Gowrie, Yonathan Hertz, Michael Lee, Jonathan Lehrer, 
Jessica Levine, Amanda Manaro, Seth Moskowitz, Brian Nakash, Justin 
Pomerantz, Rahul Sharma, Jared Stone, Jeffrey Tsai, Lauren Tuzzolino, 
and Jared Warshaw.

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