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Dr. Larry Feldman, School Board Member The School Board of Miami-Dade County

Monthly Electronic Newsletter

February 2016 Issue

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*SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS* MARCH 2ND @ 11:00 AM

*DISTRICT 9 STUDENT

LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL* @ MAST @ HOMESTEAD MARCH 3RD @ 3:30 PM

*7TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY

BIKE DAY* @ PINECREST COMMUNITY

CENTER MARCH 5TH @ 9:00 AM

*COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION* @ DR. HENRY E. PERRINE ACADEMY

OF THE ARTS MARCH 8TH — 9:00 AM

*SCHOOL BOARD MEETING*

MARCH 9TH @ 11:00 AM

*COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION* @ DR. WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN EL

MARCH 14TH — 9:00 AM

*HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS SYMPOSIUM*

@ CUTLER BAY MARCH 14TH - 6:00 PM

*COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION* @ GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL

K-8 LEARNING CENTER MARCH 16TH — 9:00 AM

*SECONDARY EARLY

RELEASE DAY* MARCH 17th

*SPRING RECESS* MARCH 21ST - 25TH

DISTRICT 9 TOWN HALL & AWARDS CEREMONY @ CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH

This newsletter highlights many of the activities which took place in District 9 and in over Miami-Dade County Public Schools during the month of February. It gives me great pleasure to share a glimpse of all the talent, programs, accomplishments and events taking place in our District. On February 9th, District 9 held the second Town Hall & Awards Ceremony of the 2015-2016 school year. Thank you to all who attended and a big thank you to Coral Reef Senior for hosting the event. Dr. Larry Feldman

Dr. Larry Feldman, School Board Member, District 9 Newsletter - of 9

PALMETTO SR PANTHERS BASEBALL GAME INSUPPORT OF THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MIAMI-DADE

Coral Reef High Dance Team won the Large Var-sity Hip Hop and Large Varsity Jazz divisions dur-ing the National High School Cheerleading and Dance Team Champion-ship in Walt Disney World Resort.

MAST @ Homestead has been selected Nationally as one of five winners of the 2016 High Flying School Award to be pre-sented at the 27th Na-tional Youth-At-Risk Con-ference, March 6 – 9, 2016, in Savannah, GA.

Coral Reef High students, Eva Bibas, a sophomore, and Camille Etchart, a graduating senior are recipient of the Presi-dent’s Volunteer Service Award.

Irving & Beatrice Peskoe Chess Club placed sec-ond at the 2016 Florida Invitational Super Star Championship. Student, Jada Casas, placed third individually.

Palmetto Sr Girls Soccer Team won District Cham-pionship

DISTRICT 9 SCHOOL AND

STUDENT NEWS

Palmetto Sr. football players signed with Division 1 schools: John Pierce - Marist College and Malik Bell - Eastern Kentucky University.

Palmetto Sr. soccer players signed with Division 1. Stephany Diaz - Anderson University and Morgan Lang - American University.

Larry Glenn Johnson, Colonial Drive El, and Jose Rodriguez, Redland El, are winners of the Do the Right Thing Award for February.

Palmetto Middle students: J o h n A i t k e n , L u k e Bahamonde, Zach Blank, Henry Forero, Miriam Gomez, J a n e H e i s e , A i d e n H e r s k o w i t z , Irene Lee, Xiaohan Li, and Tianxiao Wang are 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finalists.

The Palmetto Middle Thespi-an Troupe was awarded 6 Superior Medals and 4 Excel-lent Medals for 10 entries, Honorable Mention for "On My Way” from Violet the Musical which placed second overall in the state for that category.

Agri Council, Inc., awarded scholarships to South Dade student, Jennifer Valdes, and Coral Reef student, Diego Campbell.

Coral Reef Senior, Salma Abdelrahman, has been con-ferred a Certificate of Excel-lence among the top 10 per-cent of all applicants from Florida for her efforts in im-proving her community.

2016 National Merit Finalists Palmetto Sr: Benjamin Bao, Kayla Buttafuoco, Logan Kraus, Jeffrey Li, Rosalie Luo, Jaewon Moon, Ross Rosen, Juan Villacreces, Nathan Wasserman, William Yang, Bo You and Claire Zuo. Coral Reef Sr: Kenneth DeMason, Deidre Edward, Raina Levin, Manuel Mesa, Manuel Montesino, Julia R o t h f i e l d , M u h a m m a d Younis, Geraldina Zhang and Jordan Couceyro.

ZAMBRANO FOUNDATION - CUMBRE LATIN AMERICANA VIP AWARDS

INAUGURATION OF MR. JULIO FRENK, SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

MAC ARTHUR SOUTH BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRA-

TION THROUGH ART


VILLAGE OF PALMETTO BAY HONORS TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND ROOKIE TEACHER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES AND PRESENTS PALMETTO SENIOR PTSA WITH A CHECK FROM THETWILIGHT COLOR RUN AND CONCERT EVENT

RECOGNIZING THE PALMETTO ELEMENTARY ROARBOTS TEAM @ THE FEBRUARY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

RECOGNIZING THE 5000 ROLE MODEL PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF BOARD MEMBER DR. TEE HOLLOWAY @ THE

FEBRUARY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

PINECREST EL STUDENT GETS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE WALK SAFE STATEWIDE POSTER

CONTEST

D.A.R.E. GRADUATION @ PALMETTO ELEMENTARY


DISTRICT 9 STUDENT LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING LIFESTREAMING WITH NASA SCIENTISTS @ FAIRCHILD GARDENS

CUTLER BAY SR CLASS OF 2017 RING CEREMONY

PALMETTO BAY STEM NOVA 1 AWARDS FOR BOY SCOUTS

PALMETTO MIDDLE PTSA AUCTION

TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY

COMPUTER LAB RIBBON CUTTING @ PALMETTO MIDDLE

VERIZON FOUNDATION AND ED FUND DONATED $20,000 TO

SOUTHRIDGE SR

VERIZON FOUNDATION AND ED FUND DONATED $20,000 TO HOMESTEAD SR FOR AVIATION STEM LAB


MIAMI-DADE STEM EXPO

SCHOOL BOARD ADVOCACY TRIP TO TALLAHASSEE

ANNUAL DISTRICT JROTC PASS AND REVIEW CEREMONY

THE FOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES, INC. HOSTS ITS FIRST SUPERINTENDENT’S GALA RECEPTION

PTSA 119TH FOUNDERS DAY

SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT 9 SCHOOLS ODYSSEY OF THE MIND TEAMS


SUPERINTENDENT’S TOWN HALL @ ARTHUR & POLLY MAYS CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS

MY BROTHER’S KEEPER

53RD ANNUAL AG TOUR & LUNCHEON


2016 MIAMI-DADE HIGH SCHOOL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE

COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION @ FRANK C. MARTIN K-8 CENTER

SUPERINTENDENT’S DANCE RECITAL

CHAMBER SOUTH BREAKFAST

COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION @ AIR BASE K-8 CENTER


UNITED WAY BREAKFAST

2016 EDUCATOR APPRECIATION EVENT @ FAIRCHILD GARDENS

NAPPING HOUSE @ GOULDS ELEMENTARY

COAST GUARD PASS AND REVIEW @ MAST ACADEMY


NATIONAL COLLEGE FAIR

MIAMI DADE COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES 62ND ANNUAL GALA

HONOR ROLL CELEBRATION @ SAS HOMESTEAD

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