[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9356]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     TRIBUTE TO MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL

 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate 
students at my alma mater, duPont Manual High School, for their victory 
in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl.
  I am proud to share with my colleagues that a team of five students 
from duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, are the 
champions of the 2000 National Science Bowl. These young scholars 
worked diligently to reach the competition and through their academic 
excellence and teamwork, prevailed at the end of a tough, four-day 
challenge held in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
  First, and most importantly, I recognize the students on this year's 
Manual High School team and commend them for their hard work and 
determination: Mariah Cummins, Marty Mudd, Matthew Reece, Gabe Wood, 
and Yan Xuan.
  I also applaud and thank their teacher, Skip Zwanzig, who taught 
these students and provided the leadership which brought them to this 
year's competition.
  The National Science Bowl is a rigorous academic competition among 
teams of high school students. This year is the 10th anniversary of the 
program, which has brought more than 60,000 high school mathematics and 
science students from across the country together in competition since 
its inception in 1991. The program is designed to encourage students 
and their teachers to achieve educational excellence in science and 
math. Competing teams are quizzed on topics in biology, chemistry, 
physics, astronomy, earth science, computer science, and mathematics.
  Congratulations, Manual High, on your win and thank you for 
continuing Louisville's and the State of Kentucky's tradition of 
excellence in education.

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