[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SHERRIE ADAMS

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                  HON. HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2016

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I submit the following 
Proclamation:
  Whereas, in the Fourth Congressional District of Georgia, our 
greatest and most valuable assets are our children. Our children are 
the future and are educated and shaped by our teachers; and
  Whereas, Mrs. Sherrie Adams is a teacher in DeKalb County, Georgia 
and an educator at Smoke Rise Elementary School, who has demonstrated 
twenty-nine years of dedicated leadership and raising student 
achievement in my district; and
  Whereas, Mrs. Adams has been awarded the honor of Teacher of the Year 
2016, recognizing her exceptional teaching style at Smoke Rise 
Elementary School; and
  Whereas, this phenomenal woman is active at Smoke Rise Elementary 
School, her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the YMCA in 
Decatur, Georgia; and
  Whereas, Mrs. Adams can be described as a Proverbs 31 woman. She is 
the wife of Dr. Michael S. Adams, Sr., the mother of Michael, Jr., and 
Matthew. She is devoted to serving our community daily as an educator 
who imparts knowledge and skills for the overall success of our 
children. She is a motivator, an innovator and a model citizen who 
gives and ask for nothing in return; and
  Whereas, the U.S. Representative of the Fourth District of Georgia 
has set aside this day to honor and recognize Mrs. Sherrie Adams for 
her leadership and service to my District and in recognition of this 
singular honor as 2016 Teacher of the Year at Smoke Rise Elementary 
School; now therefore, I, Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, Jr., do hereby 
proclaim May 4, 2016 as: Mrs. Sherrie Adams Day in the 4th 
Congressional District.
  Proclaimed, this 4th day of May, 2016.

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