[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


             TRIBUTE TO TARBUT V'TORAH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL

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                           HON. MIMI WALTERS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 25, 2015

  Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to 
recognize Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School (TVT) for recently having 
been ranked the number one private school for academics in Orange 
County, California from niche.com. TVT was also recognized as being the 
number one Jewish school for academics in the nation by Niche. As a 
result of their outstanding accomplishments, TVT was recently presented 
with a certificate of recognition from the County of Orange for 
achieving these excellent honors. Today, I applaud TVT for their 
tremendous academic accomplishments.
  TVT, a Jewish day school with over 500 students, is a nurturing, 
caring community that embraces pluralism, cultivates Jewish identity 
and inspires students to lead meaningful Jewish lives. The school is 
known for its individualized college preparatory environment, which 
challenges students to think critically, work collaboratively, and 
explore creatively in order to realize their fullest potential. TVT 
also strives to encourage students to be inquisitive learners, 
compassionate citizens and courageous leaders in their community and in 
the world.
  The success of TVT students is demonstrated through their exceptional 
standardized test scores and high acceptance rates into our nation's 
top universities. For example, the acceptance rate of TVT students to 
Stanford University is 12.1 percent, in comparison with the 5.1 percent 
national average. The acceptance ratios for other top universities are 
as follows: UC Berkeley, 41.7 percent vs. 17 percent; USC, 53 vs. 17.8 
percent, and UCLA, 31 vs. 18.2 percent. Furthermore, TVT SAT scores 
surpassed the national average by more than 400 points, and TVT ACT 
scores outranked the national average 29 to 21.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the students, faculty, and those who 
govern the school, for their accomplishments and academic success 
within the community. It is an honor to represent such an accomplished 
school in the United States Congress, and I wish them the best in their 
future endeavors.

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