January 10, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 6 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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       CONGRATULATING NATHAN KIRSCH, MILKEN EDUCATOR AWARD WINNER

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Whitehaven High 
School math teacher Nathan Kirsch. He won the Milken Educator Award. 
This award is given to only 40 early- and mid-career teachers across 
the United States, and there was only one in Tennessee who won it.
  Mr. Kirsch was surprised with the award at a school assembly 
Wednesday morning, where the entire student body applauded him for 
being the only teacher in Tennessee to receive the national 
distinction, which some have called the Oscar award for teaching. It 
could be the Nobel Prize for teaching.
  In accepting the award, Mr. Kirsch called it one ``for all of my 
students,'' past, current, and future.
  The Whitehaven High School community is rightly proud of this 
accomplishment, and I am, too.
  It is very encouraging that a program known for being an athletic 
powerhouse is also recognized for its excellence in academics. The 
principal at Whitehaven, Vincent Hunter, posts the names of the 
scholars, the ones who have gotten the best scores and the most 
scholarship offers, on the wall outside of his office--not athletic 
awards, of which there are a plethora, but academic awards.
  Mr. Kirsch embodies both traditions that Whitehaven has--as a coach 
of teams and a great teacher who has raised their calculus scores.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mr. Kirsch and all the Whitehaven Tigers 
on this exceptional achievement.

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