[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING DR. CHARLES E. WARNER FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE AS AN EDUCATOR

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2010

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, in honor of his retirement, I rise to 
commemorate decades of hard work and commitment to the young people of 
Connecticut by Dr. Charles E. Warner, an esteemed educator in our New 
Haven community.
  In a long career as a teacher and administrator, beginning in nearby 
Bridgeport in 1971 and culminating with his tenure as the director of 
instruction and director of special programs for New Haven's public 
schools, Chuck has worked tirelessly to ensure that each and every 
child in his purview has access to the tools they need to thrive. Day 
in and day out, Chuck has fought for the kids and the teachers in our 
community, and to make New Haven's schools the best they can be.
  For his achievements in education, Chuck has been nationally 
recognized many times over, including appearing in publications such as 
Parents Magazine and serving on the advisory board of the National 
Middle School Association. And his good works have not been confined to 
the school day. Chuck has been an engaged participant in community 
affairs and has volunteered his time and effort in any number of ways, 
including, most recently, serving as Connecticut's After School 
Alliance ambassador over this past year--one of only thirty in the 
Nation--for his contributions to afterschool programs.
  Along with teaching and, of course, his wife Regina, Chuck's great 
passion has been music. And from his very first teaching job at East 
Side Middle School in Bridgeport, where he led a band of over two 
hundred students, to his 20 years of service as a Minister of Music for 
the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church's Sanctuary Choir, Chuck has 
enriched our community by sharing this love with us.
  As an educator and public citizen, Chuck has been a credit to our 
city, to our State, and to our Nation, and he has improved the lives of 
countless New Haven children for the better. I congratulate him, 
Regina, and their children Alexis, Charles Jr., and Bryon on his 
retirement, and I thank him for his decades of service to our 
community. Congratulations, Chuck. You have earned it.

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