[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO THE EXCELLENCE OF SCHOOLS IN THE 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 
                                OF IOWA

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 23, 2010

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the excellence 
of schools in the 4th Congressional District of Iowa, and to 
specifically congratulate the fourteen high schools in the district 
that made the list of America's Best High Schools.
  U.S. News and World Reports compiled a list of America's Best High 
Schools by using a formula produced in collaboration with Standard and 
Poor's School Evaluation Services, a K-12 data research group. Each 
school was measured and evaluated in a three-step process that analyzes 
how schools are educating all of their students, then minority and 
disadvantaged students, and finally their college bound students based 
on student scores on statewide tests, Advanced Placement tests, and 
International Baccalaureate tests.
  Of the more than 21,500 high schools in the United States, 1,189 
earned a Bronze ranking. I am proud to congratulate Corwith-Wesley High 
School in Corwith; Eagle Grove High School in Eagle Grove; Graettinger/
Terril High School in Graettinger; Kee High School in Lansing; Perry 
High School in Perry; Pomeroy High School in Pomeroy; North Central 
Junior-Senior High School in Manly; Nashua-Plainfield High School in 
Nashua; Lake Mills Senior High School in Lake Mills; Turkey Valley 
Junior-Senior High School in Jackson Junction; Ruthven-Ayrshire High 
School in Ruthven; Rockwell City-Lytton High School in Rockwell City; 
West Marshall High School in State Center; and Woden-Crystal Lake-
Titonka High School in Crystal Lake; for all earning Bronze rankings. 
These high schools characterize the high value Iowans have always 
placed in quality education.
  I consider it a great honor to represent the teachers, students, 
school board members and administrations of each of the fourteen high 
schools in the 4th Congressional District who made the list of one of 
America's Best High Schools in the United States Congress. I wish these 
schools, and all educators in the 4th Congressional District continued 
academic excellence as they provide a positive impact on our future 
generations to come.

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