[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         MS. ROSA E. LUJAN--TEXAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 1992

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                          HON. SILVESTRE REYES

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  Mr. REYES. Madam Speaker, the El Paso, Texas community is proud to 
have some of the best teachers in the country. Today, I would like to 
acknowledge one of those, Ms. Rosa E. Lujan, a teacher at Ysleta 
Elementary School in the Ysleta Independent School District, for being 
selected as the 1992 Texas Teacher of the Year. Ms. Lujan received the 
highest honor that the State of Texas can award to a teacher because of 
her commitment to the children of El Paso. The Texas Education Agency 
annually recognizes and rewards teachers who have gone above and beyond 
the call of duty and excelled in the classroom. Ms. Rosa E. Lujan 
represents the best of the teaching profession, and on behalf of the El 
Paso, Texas community, I applaud her dedication to our schools.
  Ms. Rosa E. Lujan's love of teaching was ignited in her teens as a 
student at Ysleta High School. During the summer, she worked as an aide 
for South Loop and Ysleta Elementary School. Later on, at the 
University of Texas at El Paso, she started working for the Ysleta 
Independent School District as a fourth grade teacher. She has been 
noted to say: ``Being a teacher has allowed me to change children's 
lives. Hopefully, I have inspired children to believe in themselves, 
just as my teachers inspired me.'' After 35 years in education, her 
passion for students and learning is still burning.
  Ms. Rosa E. Lujan is part of a larger history of educational 
excellence in El Paso. I am proud to note that to date, El Paso area 
educators have been chosen as Texas Teachers of the Year nine times. 
The National Teacher of the Year Program began in 1952 and continues as 
the oldest, most prestigious national honors program that focuses 
public attention on excellence in teaching.
  I am proud of the work of our teachers, and I am committed to 
ensuring that education remains a top priority in this Congress.

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