[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9056]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE 2014 PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS' TEACHER OF THE 
                             YEAR NOMINEES

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                            HON. SAM JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2014

  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Plano Independent School Districts' 2014 Teacher of the Year Nominees. 
These outstanding educators are motivating and engaging our children to 
become lifelong learners and equip them with the tools to succeed.
  Education is one of the fundamental building blocks of a person's 
future and a successful nation. Our teachers deserve to be celebrated 
for their service to the next generation of leaders. I commend you all 
for your hard work, dedication to your students, and commitment to 
excellence in education.
  These 72 individuals were nominated by their peers at their 
respective schools. This is a true testament to their inspirational 
impact on not only their students but their fellow teachers.
  These great teachers mold young dreams; they spark a flame for a 
student to study liberal arts or pursue a career in science or even 
push an athlete to the next level. They are the guardian of dreams for 
the student who wants to be the first in their family to attend and 
graduate college, and it is their constant, gentle approach that keeps 
these young leaders on the path to success. It is your encouragement, 
time, and tireless efforts that help make a young person's dreams of 
obtaining a higher education, starting a business, or serving in the 
U.S. military a reality. It is extraordinary teachers like you that 
make our community, our country and the world a better place.
  It is for these reasons and countless more that I thank you all for 
your continued efforts in giving our students an exemplary, top-notch 
education.
  I look forward to learning of the future successes of the nationally 
recognized Plano Independent School Districts 7,000 employees, hundreds 
of teachers, and 55,000+ students.
  God Bless you and I salute you.
  A record of each nominees name and school they serve is listed below.

       Heather Schmitt--Beaty, Kristi Vest--Head Start, Bethany 
     Bowers--Isaacs, Sarah Senne--Pearson, Karen Christensen--
     Aldridge, Mindy Schreiber--Andrews, Chrystal Litman--
     Barksdale, Penny Beazley--Barron, Connie Gillmore--Bethany, 
     Nora Davis--Beverly, Ashley Dantzler--Boggess, Amy Chilcutt--
     Brinker, Laura Teague--Carlisle, Jennifer Collins--
     Centennial, Meagan Middlebrooks--Christie, Joanne Curley--
     Daffron, Erin Graham--Davis, Lauren Shaw--Dooley, Andrew 
     Wick--Forman, Emily Hollingsworth--Gulledge, Lode Lyon--
     Haggar, Linda Culbreth--Harrington, Cyndy Baltzley--Haun, 
     Tiffany Samuel--Hedgcoxe, Michele Rollins--Hickey, Patrick 
     Quinlan--Hightower, Donna Hartman--Huffman, Lori Turnbull--
     Hughston, Kelly Hamilton--Hunt, Shelly Arthur--Jackson, 
     Kristin Glasscock--Mathews, Julie Walker--McCall, Leigh 
     Adams--Meadows, Kaitlin Eckstein--Memorial, Debbie LaChey--
     Mendenhall, Lacy Watson--Miller, Laura Arellano--Mitchell, 
     Rebecca Bailey--Rasor, Christi Burkle--Saigling, Jessica 
     Sides--Schell, Jana Martin--Shepard, Kari Tolle--Sigler, 
     Megan Bruce--Skaggs, Whitney Pitzer--Stinson, Casey Howell--
     Thomas, Debbie Little--Weatherford, Stacy Lawrence--Wells, 
     Kim Ramirez--Wyatt, Ashley Brown--Bird Center, Kathleen 
     Farquhar--Armstrong, Mark Caspersen--Bowman, Kathleen Zeier--
     Carpenter, Anna Vines--Frankford, Eric Feldman--Haggard, 
     Karen Home--Hendrick, Nick Seibert--Murphy, Bonny Pan-Otto, 
     Neelima Singh--Renner, Cindy Woolum--Rice, Kimberley Ahrens--
     Robinson, Azam Anet--Schimelpfenig, Kennitra Robertson--
     Wilson, Karen Stanton--Clark, David Jones--Jasper, Sarah 
     Fischer--McMillen, Joshua Thompson--Shepton, Fred Sampson--
     Vines, Christine Miller--Williams, Megan Walters--Academy, 
     Daniel Knight--Plano East, Terry Eder--Plano Senior, Barbara 
     Nelson--Plano West.

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