[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15034]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING SISTER FRANCINE LAGOCKI, PRINCIPAL OF SAINT RICHARD SCHOOL

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                          HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 12, 2009

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Sister Francine 
Lagocki, Principal of Saint Richard School in recognition of her career 
of devoted service. Sister Lagocki's retirement at the end of the 2009 
school year will mark the end of nearly seven decades of selfless 
service to our nation's youth. Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
honoring Sister Lagocki's outstanding commitment to educational 
excellence. Sister Lagocki embodies the positive influence that 
teachers and school administrators can be on students every day across 
this great country.
  In Sister Lagocki's accomplished career as an educator, she served as 
a classroom teacher in three parish schools before becoming assistant 
principal at Good Council High School. Sister Lagocki then served as 
principal of St. Mary School and St. Roman School in Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, before returning to Illinois to serve as Principal for St. 
Wenceslas in Chicago, and then finally St. Richard School on the 
Southwest Side.
  St. Richard School is a Catholic school that serves the parish 
community and is both an expression of and a witness to the faith of 
its people. Believing that a child's development best occurs within the 
framework of a positive and structured environment, St. Richard School 
offers innovative and high quality educational programs. The aim of 
these programs is to challenge each student while teaching basic 
skills, within a Christian atmosphere where mutual respect, order, and 
values are high priorities.
  It is my honor to recognize Sister Francine Lagocki, who served as an 
example of one of the best in K-8 school leadership and helped foster a 
greater understanding of the principal's key role in meeting the 
challenging responsibility of educating children.

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