[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATIONS TO DuBOIS AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL ON BEING NAMED A ``SCHOOL 
                               TO WATCH''

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate the students and staff at the DuBois Area Middle School on 
being named a Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn School to Watch. This is the 
12th consecutive year that the middle school has earned this 
distinction, one of only two middle schools in the State to do so.
  The Schools to Watch program was started in 1999 as a national 
program to identify exceptional middle schools across the country. As 
part of the program, State teams observe classrooms; interview 
administrators, teachers, parents, and students; and look at 
achievement data, suspension rates, quality of lessons, and student 
work.
  DuBois Area Middle School will be formally recognized at an event 
coming up on June 25 in Arlington at the national Schools to Watch 
Conference.
  Maintaining this level of excellence over more than a decade is hard 
work. I have the highest respect for the students, the staff, and the 
administration at the DuBois Area Middle School. I wish them the best 
of success in the future.

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