[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31317]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE BLUEWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING THE BLUE 
                              RIBBON AWARD

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                           HON. HARRY TEAGUE

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 9, 2009

  Mr. TEAGUE. Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate Bluewater 
Elementary School in Bluewater, New Mexico, for receiving the Blue 
Ribbon School Award awarded by the U.S. Department of Education for 
demonstrating academic excellence and dramatic gains in student 
achievement levels.
  The Blue Ribbon Schools award was created in 1982 to recognize 
schools where students attain and maintain high academic standards and 
are pushed to improve themselves and further their dedication to 
scholastic achievement. This award shows that Bluewater Elementary 
School is serving its students well and helping them make strides 
forward in their academic careers.
  Schools like Bluewater Elementary achieve such great distinctions 
because of the hard work and dedication of the teachers, staff, and 
administration. Their students also deserve to be commended for fully 
taking advantage of all of the opportunities provided to them by their 
exceptional staff. Bluewater Elementary School is a model for the 
progress other schools throughout the nation should strive to achieve.
  I am honored to have Blue Ribbon Schools like Bluewater Elementary 
School in my district. I commend their achievement and wish them luck 
in the continuing their academic achievement.

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