[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            HONORING APPLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE

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                            HON. BILL LUTHER

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 10, 2000

  Mr. LUTHER. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate Apple Valley High 
School for its excellence in arts education. This school has received 
many awards, but most recently the National Academy of Recording Arts 
and Sciences selected this school, out of 18,000 applicants, to be a 
Grammy Signature School for the second consecutive year.
  In 1991 the U.S. Department of Education recognized Apple Valley High 
School as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, and just seven years 
later, in 1998, the Minnesota Music Educators named AVHS the Minnesota 
Model Music School. The National Endowment for the Arts has also 
granted a AVHS a special national commendation for content-rich arts.
  The outstanding success of Apple Valley High School graduates has 
rewarded the school's commitment to art and music education. Students' 
achievements are an apt reminder that arts education should not be 
minimized but rather embraced wholeheartedly, as Apple Valley High 
School's example shows.

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