[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to recognize 
this year's inductees into the National Teachers Hall of Fame located 
in Emporia, Kansas. We have all had special teachers in our lives, and 
we are indebted to them for their desire and unending efforts to see 
that students achieve their fullest potential.
  Now in its 15th year, the Hall of Fame continues its mission to honor 
exceptional teachers and to promote excellence in its teaching 
profession. Congratulations to the 2006 inductees, Peggy Carlisle, 
Floyd Holt, Harlan Kredit, Pat Graff and Linda Kaye White.
  At Pecan Park Elementary in Jackson, Mississippi, Peggy Carlisle has 
used her talents to make science and math stimulating to her students. 
A 2005 Mississippi Hall of Masters teacher, she uses her skills to help 
students realize they are only limited by the size of their dreams. 
According to the parent of a former student, Mrs. Carlisle makes 
science interesting. Just walking into her room lets you know that this 
is not a regular classroom, but a learning environment specifically 
arranged to get young minds thinking. By using many hands-on 
activities, she brings life to books and dusty old facts.
  Floyd Holt, a physics teachers at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School 
in Hyde Park, New York, loves knowledge and conveys this to his 
students through his dedication to teaching. Floyd strives to make 
education interesting and create unique learning activities such as 
Spaceship Classroom of the Future. He has won the 1994 Presidential 
Award for Excellence in Science and Math in the USA and today also the 
2000 USA Today Award.
  According to a former student, what sets Harlan Kredit apart is that 
as well as he teaches biology, he teaches life even better. At Lynden 
Christian High in Lynden, Washington, Mr. Kredit believes kids need to 
connect to the world outside of their school for education to be 
meaningful and productive. He embodies this philosophy through his work 
as a ranger naturalist at Yellowstone National Park and through 
teaching environmental education to teachers at the American Wilderness 
Leadership School.
  He is a recipient of the 1994 Washington State Conservation Teacher 
of the Year Award and the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in 
Teaching Science.
  Pat Graff, a journalism, humanities and social studies teacher at La 
Cueva High in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a bridge builder between 
different organizations, the media and business. She has had numerous 
students return to her school to give credit for her help and expertise 
and putting them on their current career path. Her additional 
accomplishments include being named the New Mexico English Teacher of 
the Year and also winning the 2004 Governors Award for Outstanding New 
Mexico Woman.
  Lynn Kaye White of Haycock Elementary in Falls Church, Virginia, has 
shared her love of music and education around the world. She has 
traveled to Japan in 2003 with the Fulbright Memorial Fund and also to 
New Zealand to participate in the 2002 Fulbright Hays Seminar. She is 
able to seamlessly take the resources she has gathered from around the 
world and turn them into meaningful, substantive learning opportunities 
for her students.
  Peggy, Floyd, Harlan, Pat and Linda exemplify what it means to be a 
teacher, what it means to make a difference. I commend the National 
Teachers Hall of Fame for their efforts to recognize great teachers. 
These five inductees collectivity have 134 years of teaching 
experience. I salute these men and women for their dedication to the 
students of this country. It is my hope that they will find 
satisfaction in knowing the positive difference they have made in the 
lives of their students. It is my honor to recognize these teachers 
here in the United States House of Representatives.

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