[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10509]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING BESS MITSAKOS

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today to congratulate a 
teacher in my district who has been recognized for her excellence in 
teaching. Bess Mitsakos from the Wallace School in Hoboken, New Jersey, 
received the International Technology Educators Association Program 
Excellence Award for elementary schools in New Jersey on February 22, 
2008.
  Ms. Mitsakos began her teaching career 9 years ago and has spent the 
last 7 years as a kindergarten through fifth grade science teacher. In 
that short time, she has become a highly decorated teacher, with a 
number of awards to her name.
  Ms. Mitsakos is committed to increasing student interest, engagement, 
and learning through the use of computer-based educational tools as 
well as engineering and technological design activities.
  I have no doubt that her students will have a strong science, math 
and engineering foundation that will help them succeed in life. I am 
proud to recognize her and her accomplishments, and I wish her 
continued success.

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