[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23601]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        ST. VERONICA'S SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 29, 2001

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, this week one of my district's many fine 
parochial schools will reach an important milestone. St. Veronica 
Catholic School, first opened its doors on December 6, 1906. Two small 
rooms accommodated the 106 students who attended class on that day.
  As the community once known as the Town of Lake expanded, so did St. 
Veronica's. After surviving the lean years of the Great Depression and 
World War II, a new 17-room school was dedicated by Rev. Gordon Johnson 
in 1952. Today, as the school prepares to celebrate its 75th 
anniversary, it boasts an enrollment of nearly 450.
  The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, who taught at St. Veronica's 
from its inception until the late 1980s, instilled in their students 
the importance of education, God, family and community in their daily 
lives. Sister Marie Estelle Kuczynski and her faculty and staff the 
school's dedication to those ideals as they prepare the children of 
today to become the leaders of tomorrow.
  St. Veronica's strives to afford its students the opportunity to 
acquire the skills necessary to excel in our changing world. New 
additions are planned for the library, learning center, and computer 
lab. However, the dedication to academic, spiritual, social and moral 
development remains unchanged.
  And so, it is with great pleasure that I join with the faculty, 
staff, students, and alumni of St. Veronica School in celebrating 75 
years of quality education, and wish them godspeed in all that lies 
ahead.

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