IV 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 834 

Congratulating Kim Burke-Ables for her exceptional dedication to the students of Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, 

D.C. and her excellence as a teacher resulting in her selection as the 

2006 District of Columbia Teacher of the Year, in recognition of her 

work. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2006 

Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Kim Burke-Ables for her exceptional dedication to the students of Benjamin Banneker Academic 

High School in Washington, D.C. and her excellence 

as a teacher resulting in her selection as the 2006 District of Columbia Teacher of the Year, in recognition 

of her work. 

Whereas for 3 years Kim Burke-Ables has shown tireless 

commitment to Benjamin Banneker Academic High 

School students by providing a high quality education; 

Whereas Kim Burke-Ables is an exceptional teacher in the 

science of Biology, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy and 

Physiology, and Chemistry and has developed creative 


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ways to motivate her to students to receive a high level 

of understanding of the science; 

Whereas Kim Burke-Ables is committed to educational improvement and meets regularly with students to monitor 

science projects, including a student who earned a national prize; 

Whereas Kim Burke-Ables continues to work with school 

leadership in developing the Banneker Institute, a summer enrichment program for incoming freshmen, and organizes the school’s science fair; 

Whereas in 2003, Mayor Anthony Williams, Milken Family 

Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken, and Milken Senior 

Vice President Jane Foley led a ceremony to honor Kim 

Burke-Ables with the District of Columbia Milken Educator Award; 

Whereas in 2004, Kim Burke-Ables was selected to work as 

an educational consultant to the National Academy of 

Sciences in Washington, D.C., and won a TEACH fellowship with the United States Department of Agriculture to 

travel to Ghana, West Africa; and 

Whereas Kim Burke-Ables has distinguished herself as an 

outstanding professional in secondary education: Now, 

therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates Kim Burke-Ables, a Wash3 ington, D.C., public school teacher, for her selection 

4 as the 2006 District of Columbia Teacher of the 

5 Year; 


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1 (2) expresses gratitude to Kim Burke-Ables for 

2 her outstanding service to the students of Benjamin 

3 Banneker Academic High School and for her profes4 sional excellence; 

5 (3) congratulates Principal Anita Berger of 

6 Benjamin Banneker Academic High School for pro7 viding an environment for enriched academic growth 

8 and development and for Banneker’s designation by 

9 Newsweek Magazine in May 2006 as one of the na10 tion’s best high schools; and 

11 (4) expresses its appreciation to the Principal 

12 and teachers of Benjamin Banneker Academic High 

13 School and to the teachers and principals of the Dis14 trict of Columbia for their commitment and service 

15 to the education of the city’s children. 

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