[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11953]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING PEARLAND ISD TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 14, 2014

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Taresa Jacobsen 
of Lawhon Elementary and Mark Lesmeister of Dawson High School for 
winning Pearland Independent School District's 2014 Teachers of the 
Year.
  Mrs. Jacobsen has been a teacher for seven years, spending her last 
four at Lawhon Elementary. She has been a great asset for her students 
and works hard to keep their parents aware of their children's progress 
in the classroom. She takes the time to get to know her students well 
and incorporates that knowledge in her teaching.
  Mr. Lesmeister joined the Dawson High School faculty in 2008 and is 
helping to design the physics program. Thanks to his passion for 
teaching, he encourages many of his students to consider a career in 
teaching themselves and strongly believes students should graduate with 
a scientific understanding in order to make rational decisions.
  I wish Mrs. Jacobsen and Mr. Lesmeister the best of luck in their 
teaching careers and thank them both for going above and beyond for 
their students. Great teachers help develop future leaders. On behalf 
of the residents of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, 
I congratulate Taresa Jacobsen and Mark Lesmeister for their commitment 
to teaching and for earning the Pearland ISD 2014 Teachers of the Year!

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