[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE GRADUATION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Gene Green) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise today in 
honor of the graduates from the KIPP Generations Collegiate High 
School, KGC, in Houston, Texas. KIPP is a charter school that partners 
with our Houston area public school system.
  Last Sunday, I was honored to speak at their commencement ceremony. I 
have followed the success of KIPP students for 20 years. From their 
beginnings in elementary school, Mike Feinberg and his excellent staff 
have taught thousands of children in Texas. KGC's main focus is to 
build a rigorous learning environment to better equip its students for 
college.
  This school has upheld its mission by empowering its graduates to 
take ownership of their education by approaching learning with 
curiosity, with a sense of responsibility, and by putting their 
knowledge into action in the service of others. Hailing under the motto 
of ``We Lift as We Climb,'' KGC is truly a model of success for the 
entire country.
  KGC's values of hope, empowerment, grit, and citizenship are tools 
that every student needs to succeed in the 21st century. Because of 
this learning environment, every graduate from this program has been 
accepted into a college or a university. KGC continues to perform well 
above the State in district averages.
  I would like to congratulate the students, the parents, the teachers, 
and the administrators for their success now and in the future.

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