[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11772]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 19, 2006

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Butler High 
School in Butler, New Jersey, a vibrant community I am proud to 
represent. The students and alumni/ae of Butler High School are 
celebrating the graduation of the 100th senior class on Wednesday, June 
21, 2006.
  Butler High School graduated its first class in 1907, making the 
senior class of 2006 the 100th class to graduate from the school. Until 
1903, graduates of the Butler Grammar School attended Paterson High 
School. In the early years, Butler High School was a ``regional'' high 
school in the extreme sense of the word. Originally the school 
encompassed a territory of more than 200 square miles, providing 
secondary education to students from Bloomingdale, Jefferson, Kinnelon, 
Pequannock, Ringwood, Riverdale Wanaque and West Milford. Over the 
years the sending districts, with the exception of Bloomingdale, 
withdrew from Butler High School as municipalities built their own high 
schools or regional districts were created.
  There are not many high schools in the State of New Jersey that have 
celebrated a 100th anniversary graduation. Butler High School is 
planning to celebrate this milestone in the graduation ceremony 
scheduled for Wednesday, June 21. The day will begin with walking tours 
of the high school followed by the centennial graduation and a 
reception for graduates, their families, alumni and faculty. The 
commencement speaker will be Wendy Larry, Butler High School graduate 
and the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Old Dominion University.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Butler High School, the faculty, staff, alumni and 
Senior Class on the occasion of the 100th graduation ceremony of one of 
New Jersey's finest high schools.

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