[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16039-16040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING TYRONE AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING THE NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON 
                      SCHOOLS PROGRAM RECOGNITION

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 9, 2015

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Tyrone Area High 
School for receiving the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program 
recognition.
  Since 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has celebrated 
schools that have either made significant improvements or achieved an 
outstanding level of school-wide performance. This year, only 335 
schools in the United States were honored with this distinction, 
including the 9th District's Tyrone Area High School. In order to 
achieve this distinction, schools must earn test scores that illustrate 
advanced or strongly improving academic achievement.
  As the Tyrone Area High School mission statement explains, there is 
an expectation

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that all students will achieve high levels of personal and academic 
success. Thanks to the hard work of dedicated students and the support 
of not only highly organized administrators and teachers but also the 
community, Tyrone Area High School has attained this extraordinary 
honor. Furthermore, this involved and no-nonsense approach has enabled 
Tyrone students to achieve this recognition despite lacking the same 
resources as some of the state's wealthiest districts.
  A true mark of its high expectations, Tyrone High exposes all of its 
students to college-level coursework, and the results speak for 
themselves. Tyrone students led a state of 541 districts in both 
writing achievement and growth in 2012, and placed first in the state 
in 2013 for literature growth. In 2014, Tyrone had the highest School 
Performance Profile in the 35-district Intermediate Unit.
  It is my privilege to congratulate Tyrone Area High School for its 
National Blue Ribbon Schools recognition. I'm also proud to highlight 
the dedicated and involved effort of all those who made this award 
possible as it represents the spirit of the 9th Congressional District 
of Pennsylvania.

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