[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8735]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FROM MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE 
                                 SCHOOL

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate eight 
outstanding students in southeast Forth Worth that attend Morningside 
Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas. Lexi Stanford, Tomas Altamirano, 
Alex Delgadillo, Carei Frank, Yontrell George, Jennifer Huynh, Adair 
Medina, and Paola Rios were all contenders in the Junior National 
Academic Championship.
  This is the first time that students from the 33rd Congressional 
District's Morningside Middle School participated in the qualifying 
competition, nicknamed the ``Whiz Quiz'' competition and also the GE 
College Bowl, which has been a tradition in the Fort Worth Independent 
School District since 1978. This challenge of knowledge requires middle 
school and high school academic teams to accurately answer brain-
stretching questions faster than their opponents.
  On May 31, these eight students traveled to Washington to compete 
against other schools across the Nation in the larger Junior National 
Academic Championship. I would once again like to commend these 
students on a job well-done and encourage them to continue excelling in 
their academic pursuits.

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