[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11587]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      BEDFORD MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY

  (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I recently had the pleasure of visiting 
New Hampshire's Bedford Memorial Elementary School to congratulate the 
school community for their recognition as a National Blue Ribbon 
School.
  Bedford Memorial Elementary educates children from preschool through 
the fourth grade, and the school is dedicated to each student's 
academic, emotional, and physical development. The teachers' and 
staff's attention to every single child and every single detail was 
obvious from the moment I entered the school. The young students at the 
schoolwide ceremony I attended were some of the best behaved children I 
have ever seen, and it was clear that the teachers and the 
administration celebrated children and were dedicated to their wellness 
and their education.
  At the ceremony, the school recognized the children, the leaders who 
had worked throughout the year to help other students get along. They 
also sang, and they danced a very happy and spirited dance that helped 
showcase their arts and their holistic approach to education.
  The ceremony served as a testimony to the tremendous leadership of 
the principal and the staff and the school board and, most importantly, 
the parents.
  The Department of Education's Blue Ribbon School Award is exactly the 
kind of positive recognition that helps our best available schools and 
shows others what is possible in every school for every child.
  Congratulations to them.

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