{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-meets-principal-and-teacher-falmouth-elementary-school-national-blue-ribbon", "Senator Collins Meets with Principal and Teacher of Falmouth Elementary School, a National Blue Ribbon Recipient, in Washington", "2017-11-08", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "ME", "Susan Collins", "C001035", "www.collins.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Falmouth Elementary School Principal Gloria Noyes and physical education teacher Kathy Earle in her Washington, D.C., office. \u00a0In September, Falmouth Elementary School was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School. Falmouth Elementary School is one of only three Maine schools\u2014and one of only 342 public and private schools nationwide\u2014to be recognized for this highly prestigious achievement in 2017.\n\u201cThe Blue Ribbon designation is the highest honor an American school can obtain, and out of this year\u2019s 342 honorees, three are from Maine.\u00a0 Falmouth Elementary School earned this designation through a deep commitment to excellence by both the faculty and the community as a whole,\u201d said Senator Collins. \u201cI was delighted to have Molly Ryan and Katie Seelen, two of my dedicated staffers and alumnae of Falmouth Elementary School, join me in presenting Gloria and Kathy with a Congressional Record statement recognizing the school\u2019s success.\u201d\n\u00a0\nFor 35 years, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has honored public and private elementary, middle, and high schools. Blue Ribbon schools are recognized for overall academic excellence or for making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-meets-principal-and-teacher-falmouth-elementary-school-national-blue-ribbon"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9376190137118101, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}