[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING HIGH TECH HIGH

  (Mr. PETERS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PETERS of California. Mr. Speaker, today, along with my 
colleague, Susan Davis, I rise in recognition of the High Tech High 
robotics team, nicknamed the Holy Cows, who recently won a world 
championship robotics competition. High Tech High is located in the 
Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego in the 52nd District.
  The team beat out more than 10,000 other students to win the prized 
Chairman's Award at the For Inspiration Recognition of Science and 
Technology event.
  This group of talented young students has used their expertise to 
develop a smart phone app for robotics, and they even took time to help 
other San Diego robotics teams along the way.
  I'm proud that High Tech High and local high-tech companies in San 
Diego, including Qualcomm, SAIC, and Nordson Asymtek, have supported 
these scholars as they won multiple regional championships on the road 
to their world title. The success of these students demonstrates what 
can be done in a school culture that celebrates STEM education. 
Investments in the field of science, technology, engineering, and math 
education must continue to be at the forefront of our national school 
priorities.
  With that in mind, I congratulate the High Tech High team, and look 
forward to their future successes.

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