[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6870-6871]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF BRITTNEY MORASKI

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to recognize my Senate page 
today, Brittney Moraski of Bark River, MI, for achieving highest honors 
at the Senate Page School. Brittney's hard work earned her a 4.0 grade 
point average this semester, the highest in her class.
  Highest honors are nothing new for Brittney. At home in Michigan's 
Upper Peninsula, Brittney attends Bark River-Harris High School where 
she is a member of the National Honor Society and also maintains a 4.0 
G.P.A. Brittney took advanced placement classes in U.S. Government and 
Politics and microeconomics and achieved the highest score possible on 
both A.P. exams. In addition, Brittney has taken college classes at Bay 
de Noc Community College. Brittney was the first Bark River-Harris High 
School student to earn the highest endorsement level possible on the 
senior-level Michigan Educational Assessment Program test as a 
sophomore.

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  Complementing her school year work, Brittney has participated in 
activities that further nurtured her lifelong interest in government 
and politics. Last summer, Brittney spent three weeks in Washington as 
part of the Junior Statesmen Summer School at Georgetown University 
where she took a course on foreign policy and had the opportunity to 
meet with high-ranking officials in the Congress, State Department, 
Pentagon, White House and French Embassy.
  In addition to her exemplary academic achievements, Brittney stands 
out for her community involvement. She is the president of the Bark 
River-Harris Key Club and serves on the Community Foundation of Delta 
County's Youth Advisory Committee. During the past three years, she 
traveled to Honduras to volunteer at a soup kitchen, distribute food 
and clothing, and read and play with Honduran children.
  Brittney brings her idealism and achievements to her duties as a 
Senate page. In her application for the page program, Brittney wrote, 
``I would not only grow as a student of government from the experience, 
but I would grow as an individual and as a potential future public 
servant.'' Later in her application, Brittney said, ``I believe in the 
U.S. government and in American values, and I would be honored to serve 
as a page in the epicenter of American lawmaking, the U.S. Congress.''
  Mr. President, Brittney Moraski exemplifies all that is best in the 
Senate Page Program and in our young people, and I congratulate her on 
her outstanding achievements.

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