[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23731-23732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   RECOGNIZING MS. KARIN M. ORBON PARTICIPANT IN THE 2000 AWARDS FOR 
                EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING EXCHANGE PROGRAM

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                          HON. RICHARD E. NEAL

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 19, 2000

  Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recognize the efforts of Ms. Karin M. Orbon. Ms. Orbon 
has been selected to participate in the 2000 Awards for Excellence in 
Teaching exchange program between the United States and six countries 
in the former Soviet Union. Ms. Orbon will be visiting Russia as a 
member of the 23 teacher U.S. delegation.
  The teachers chosen for this assignment were selected from a pool of 
educators who had previously been honored for their excellence in 
teaching through such programs as the annual U.S. Teacher of the Year 
Award and the Miliken Educator Awards. Ms. Orbon, a computer, business 
and accounting teacher at North Brookfield High School is a recipient 
of the Miliken award.
  The Milken Family Foundation was established in 1982 to support 
education and health care nationwide. The Milken Educator Awards

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were established in 1985 to celebrate and reward educators who are 
making great strides in improving the nation's education system. The 
Milken national conference annually recognizes outstanding national 
educators who receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator 
Awards, carrying with it a $25,000 check to each educator.
  The 70 teachers from the former Soviet Union participating in this 
exchange have already visited the United States as part of their 
program. Ms. Orbon will participate in the reciprocal portion of the 
program through discussions on English and American studies programs 
and what effect the introduction of American studies into the foreign 
language curricula has on teaching in Russia. She may even be invited 
to teach a class.
  The American Councils for International Education, the group 
sponsoring this teacher exchange, has made a great choice in the 
selection of Ms. Orbon for their program. She is a leader among the 
educators of Massachusetts and an invaluable emissary for the United 
States. The school system of North Brookfield, Massachusetts is blessed 
to have Ms. Orbon in their classroom, and I am honored to count her 
among my constituents.

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