{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE44", "1994-10-08", 103, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL, RANKED AMONG NEW JERSEY'S BEST", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "FRONTMATTER", "E", "E", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "140 Cong. Rec. E", "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]\n\n    IN HONOR OF ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL, RANKED AMONG NEW JERSEY'S BEST\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n                             of new jersey\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                        Friday, October 7, 1994\n\n  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today before the House of\nRepresentatives to pay tribute to Academic High School. This high\nschool has continually been ranked one of the best public schools in\nthe State of New Jersey, and recently has been ranked one of the top 21\nbest high schools in the State of New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly\nmagazine.\n  Academic High School was established in 1976 as a college preparatory\npublic school for highly motivated students. Academic maintains an\nethnically diverse population of 30 percent African-American, 30\npercent Caucasian, 30 percent Hispanic and 10 percent of other\nethnicities. Prospective students must undergo a highly selective\nscreening process. This process is based on the student's elementary\nschool performance, standardized tests, recommendations, attendance and\nparticipation in extracurricular activities. With a student-teacher\nratio of 15:1, every student's individual academic needs can be\naddressed. The faculty shows a great deal of dedication to their work.\nThis is exemplified by the fact that 51.9 percent of the teachers hold\nmaster's degrees, which is well above the State average. Academic High\nSchool has also gone out of their way to become accredited by the\nMiddle States Association, which is an accomplishment worthy of being\nrecognized.\n  The students of Academic High School have consistently dominated the\nHudson County Science Fair and in 1993 they were awarded five of the\neight gold medals. Academic students have won trips to the\nInternational Science Fair in six of its seven annual competitions.\nAcademic students have distinguished themselves by qualifying as\nNational Merit Semifinalists as well as attending the Governor's\nSchools and St. Peter's College Summer Scholars Program. Students have\nalso been recognized by receiving the New York Times Young Citizen\nAward and placing first in the Kiwanis/Key Club Essay Contest. With\nachievements such as these it is not surprising that 96.9 percent of\nthe graduates go on to attend 4-year colleges, including the most\ncompetitive colleges, such as Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Cornell.\n  Urban education has reached a time of crisis and Academic High School\nhas proven that public schools can overcome this and achieve great\nsuccess. I am proud to have a school in my district that can be looked\nupon as a model for other schools to follow in the hopes that they too\ncan achieve the level of excellence that Academic High School has\nworked so hard to maintain.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE44"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 8.83069692645222, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}