[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9811]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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               CONGRATULATIONS TO VIRGIN ISLAND GRADUATES

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate not only the 
students, but the community of the Virgin Islands on so many graduates 
of our high schools these last weeks. While I have not been able to be 
there in body for some of the graduations, I am there in spirit and in 
heart.
  The Gifft Hill School, AZ Academy, Good Hope Country Day, St. Croix 
Central High School, St. Croix Educational Complex, St. Croix Seventh-
day Adventist School, St. Joseph High School, Antilles School, All 
Saints Cathedral School, Charlotte Amalie High School, Church of God 
Academy, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral 
School, Seventh-day Adventist High School, the Virgin Island Montessori 
School and Peter Gruber International Academy, and the Wesleyan 
Academy.
  Students, you know that you are our future, we love you, that you 
represent the best of us all as a community, and that we expect great 
things for you. You are entering a world at war, a nation with 
challenges and conflicts, and our islands in crisis. But we know that, 
with your passion for learning, discipline, and an ability take risks, 
we are in great hands.

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