[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11785-11786]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL'S SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM

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                          HON. JAMES T. WALSH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 8, 2004

  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tribute to Armstrong Middle 
School's Science Olympiad Team which won first place in the New York 
State Science Olympiad Tournament and 18th place at the national 
tournament, a truly exceptional accomplishment.
  The Armstrong Middle School team is comprised of sixteen members and 
coached by Paulette Bodak. Team members are Allison Kritall, Emily 
Hoogesteger, Gage Howard, Jamie Wisner, Stephan Wagner, Ashley Stanley, 
Brianna Kelleher, Jessica Bellingham, Julie Weidner, Ryan Lattanzio, 
Ben Mears, Dan Frederes, Emma Fink, Eric Frauel, Randy Mason and Paul 
Whitmire.
  The team won the regional and the New York State competitions to 
qualify for the national level where they competed against other

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teams from the United States. At the national level, medal winners from 
the Armstrong Middle School were Ben Mears and Dan Frederes, first 
place in Meteorology; Ben Mears, Dan Frederes, and Julie Weidner, 
fourth place in Experimental Design; and Paul Whitmire, fourth place in 
Compute This.
  I would like to express my congratulations to the team for such an 
outstanding achievement and wish them luck in all their future 
endeavors.

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