[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BEING CHOSEN AS 
                  FINALIST FOR BROAD FOUNDATION AWARD

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Garden Grove 
Unified School District, which I am proud to represent, for being 
selected as one of the five finalists nationwide for the Eli Broad 
Foundation Award.
  As a finalist, Garden Grove Unified was recognized as one of the top 
five urban school districts in the Nation, and for that it receives 
$125,000 in student scholarships.
  There are nearly 50,000 students in schools in the very diverse 
Garden Grove Unified School District. They come speaking more than 60 
languages, and come from many different cultures.
  The finalists were chosen for their work in improving overall student 
achievement and for narrowing achievement gaps, in particular for high-
risk students. This prize recognizes the hard work of the teachers and 
the support staff of the Unified School District, and I applaud the 
district's efforts to overcome language and economic barriers to give 
our students a high-quality education.

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