[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRATULATING NEW JERSEY'S TOP RANKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lance) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate eight 
outstanding public high schools in New Jersey's Seventh Congressional 
District that were recently recognized by Newsweek Magazine as among 
the top 500 public high schools in America for 2011.
  In all, New Jersey claimed 36 high schools of Newsweek's top 500. In 
the Seventh Congressional District in New Jersey, that I have the honor 
of representing, I congratulate the Academy For Allied Health Sciences 
in Scotch Plains; the Union County Magnet High School, also in Scotch 
Plains; Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren; Governor 
Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights; Westfield High School in 
Westfield; the Academy for Information Technology, also in Scotch 
Plains; Cranford High School in Cranford; and Jonathan Dayton High 
School in Springfield.
  Newsweek contacted more than 1,100 high schools across the country 
and reviewed their graduation and college matriculation rates, SAT and 
Advanced Placement test scores and other information, as well as the 
school's ability to turn out college-ready and life-ready students.

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  I congratulate all of the students, teachers, administrators, 
parents, and other property taxpayers who help make New Jersey's 
Seventh Congressional District the home to so many of the top-
performing high schools in the Nation. When it comes to the best 
education in the country, New Jersey's public school system makes the 
grade.

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