[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11868-11869]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS HONORED FOR SERVICE LEARNING

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I welcome this opportunity to recognize a 
number of schools that are doing an excellent job of encouraging 
community service by their students. The Nation has always relied on 
the dedication and involvement of its citizens to help meet the 
challenges we face. Today, the Corporation for National Service works 
with state commissions, non-profits, schools, and other civic 
organizations to provide opportunities for Americans of all ages to 
serve their communities.
  Learn and Serve America, a program sponsored by the Corporation for 
National Service, supports service-learning programs in schools and 
community organizations that help nearly a million students from 
kindergarten through college meet community needs, while improving 
their academic skills and learning the habits of good citizenship. 
Learn and Serve grants are used to create new programs, replicate 
existing programs, and provide training and development for staff, 
faculty, and volunteers.
  This year the Corporation for National Service has recognized a 
number of outstanding schools across the country as National Service-
Learning Leader Schools for 2001. The program is an initiative under 
Learn and Serve America that recognizes schools for their excellence in 
service-learning. These middle schools and high schools have earned 
their designation as Leader Schools. They serve as models of excellence 
for their exemplary integration of service-learning into the curriculum 
and the life of the school. I am hopeful that the well-deserved 
recognition they are receiving will encourage and increase service-
learning opportunities for students in many other schools across the 
country.
  The 2001 National Service Leader Schools are: Vilonia Middle School, 
Vilonia, AR; Chico High School, Chico, CA; Evergreen Middle School, 
Cottonwood, CA; Telluride Middle School/High School, Telluride, CO; 
Seaford Senior High School, Seaford, DE; Space Coast Middle School, 
Cocoa, FL; P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Gainesville, FL; 
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL; Lakeland High 
School, Lakeland, FL; Dalton High School, Dalton, GA; Sacred Hearts 
Academy, Honolulu, HI; Moanalua Middle School, Honolulu, HI; Unity 
Point School, Carbondale, IL; Jones Academic Magnet High School, 
Chicago, IL; Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, IN; Ballard Community 
High School, Huxley, IA; Lake Mills Community High School, Lake Mills, 
IA; Glasco Middle School, Glasco, KS; Spring Hill High School, Spring 
Hill, KS; Boyd County High School, Ashland, KY; Garrard Middle School, 
Lancaster, KY; Harry M. Hurst Middle School, Destrehan, LA; Drowne Road 
School, Cumberland, ME; Rockland District High School, Rockland, ME; 
Leavitt Area High School, Turner, ME; Gateway School, Westminster, MD; 
Millbury Memorial High School, Millbury, MA; Garber High School, 
Essexville, MI; Onekama Middle School, Onekama, MI; Tinkham Alternative 
High School, Westland, MI; Moorhead Junior High School, Moorhead, MN; 
Harrisonville Middle School,

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Harrisonville, MO; Pattonville High School, Maryland Heights, MO; 
Middle Township High School, Court House, NJ; Benedictine Academy, 
Elizabeth, NJ; Delsea Regional High School, Franklinville, NJ; Hoboken 
Charter School, Hoboken, NJ; Iselin Middle School, Iselin, NJ; Christa 
McAuliffe Middle School, Jackson, NJ; Notre Dame High School, 
Lawrenceville, NJ; North Arlington Middle School, North Arlington, NJ; 
West Brook Middle School, Paramus, NJ; Ocean County Vocational 
Technical School, Toms River, NJ; The Bosque School, Albuquerque, NM; 
Carl Bergerson Middle School, Albion, NY; Madison Middle School, 
Marshall, NC; Ligon Gifted and Talented Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, 
NC; Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, Columbus, OH; Clark 
Center Alternative School, Marietta, OH; Ripley High School, Ripley, 
OH; Perry Middle School, Worthington, OH; Miami High School, Miami, OK; 
Alcott Middle School, Norman, OK; Yukon High School, Yukon, OK; 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Middle School, Bristol, PA; Chapin High 
School, Chapin, SC 29036; Summit Parkway Middle School, Columbia, SC; 
Palmetto Middle School, Williamston, SC; Henry County High School, 
Paris, TN; Cesar Chavez Academy, El Paso, TX; Dixie Middle School, St. 
George, UT; New Dominion Alternative School, Manassas, VA; Kamiakin 
Junior High School, Kirkland, WA; Student Link, Vashon, WA.

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