[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7305-7306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CROWN OF 
               LIFE LUTHERAN SCHOOL'S EIGHTH GRADE CLASS

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 13, 2011

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Burgess and I rise today to celebrate 
the outstanding service and accomplishments of Crown of Life Lutheran 
School's eighth grade class. This group of nine students demonstrates a 
level of commitment and philanthropy positioning them heads and 
shoulders above their peers. Their dedication to anticipating and 
seeing to the needs of their community provides me with great hope for 
the future of America. Today's students are tomorrow's C.E.O.s, Chief 
Surgeons, and Presidents. These eighth graders will one day make 
decisions that will determine what this nation looks like in the years 
to come. We have every confidence that we are in good hands. They have 
already learned the most valuable lesson--leadership starts with 
service.
  Throughout the 2011 school year, the eighth grade class proved 
themselves to be extraordinary leaders through their service to the 
students at Crown of Life Lutheran School. Every

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day, they cleaned the lunchroom and assisted in the school's weekly 
assemblies. Monthly, they helped the school set up for Colleyville 
Chamber of Commerce Luncheons. This Spring, the girls basketball team 
helped their school to win a second place at the State tournament. The 
boys made an impressive showing as well, placing fourth in their 
tournament.
  These remarkable students have participated in numerous community 
projects as well. They helped to organize a bingo night for Finley 
Elliot, a three year-old who just completed a successful kidney 
transplant in April of 2011. The $5,000 earnings from the event 
provided Finley and his family a much needed reprieve from the 
extensive medical costs. They also volunteered a day to clean up 
Lakeview Park in Grapevine in order to encourage the maintenance of 
public parks for the use of the community. The class also assembled 
care packages and wrote dozens of notes by hand to send to our soldiers 

overseas.
  We know that Crown of Life Lutheran School is proud to claim these 
star eighth graders as their own, and we are proud to offer our 
sincerest congratulations to Hannah Andersson, Zachary Dayley, Jacob 
Diamond, Sarah Hall, Justin Hawes, Austin Shone, Heide Stufflebeme, 
John Sandfort and Christian Scherff on their graduation from middle 
school. We wish you all the best.

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