[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17796-17797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING MARSHA COBB

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 7, 2004

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mrs. Marsha M. 
Cobb for her recent recognition by the Texas Council for the Social 
Studies as ``Elementary Teacher of the Year'' for 2004.
  Mrs. Cobb is a second-grade teacher at Polser Elementary School in 
Lewisville, Texas, located in my Congressional District. She is now up 
for consideration as the national Social Studies Teacher of the Year 
award, given by the National Council for the Social Studies.

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  Mrs. Cobb has 16 years of experience in the classroom. Mrs. Cobb 
employs a ``hands on'' educational philosophy and strives to educate 
her students through experience rather than text books. If you were to 
walk in her classroom, you would most likely see her students roaming 
the room looking at various interactive displays rather than with their 
heads buried in textbooks.
  Mrs. Cobb is not the only recognized distinguished teacher in the 
Lewisville School District. This is the third consecutive year a 
Lewisville teacher has won the Texas Council for Social Studies 
Elementary Teacher of the Year award. Last year, Linda Krause, a fifth-
grade teacher at Wellington Elementary School in Flower Mound received 
the award. And in 2002, Janet Davis, a second-grade teacher at Heritage 
Elementary in Highland Village, earned the award.
  I would like to commend Marsha Cobb, as well as Linda Krause and 
Janet Davis, for receiving this distinguished award.

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