[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNZING HILLARY BERKOWITZ

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                         HON. GREGORY W. MEEKS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 24, 2011

  Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize a student of the Month 
from the Sixth Congressional District of New York.
  Hillary Berkowitz is the valedictorian of the 2011 class of Benjamin 
Cardozo High School. She will be attending Barnard College in the fall. 
She challenged herself with the most rigorous of college preparatory 
courses that Benjamin Cardozo High School have to offer, and has 
attained a grade point average of 103.13.
  In May 2010, Hillary was the proud recipient of the Queens College 
Presidential Excellence Award granted to the ``best junior'' in each 
Queens high school, and she is currently a 2011 National Merit 
Semifinalist. She is a dedicated member of the school and actively 
participates in school events. She is the treasurer for her leaders 
club, volunteers in tutoring other students, and always helps her 
teachers in whatever way she can.
  Her college counselor has deemed her ``Benjamin Cardozo High School's 
finest'' and is an exceptional young woman. She has a great love for 
academia and the arts, and hopes that she can attend law school in the 
future. Her hard work and dedication to success have earned her the 
respect of her peers, her teachers, and the community. I know that she 
has a bright future ahead of her.

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