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BLACK HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS TO BE HONORED
TODAY
March 13, 2003
Six Miami-Dade County Public Schools students will be
honored as Black History essay contest winners at 6 p.m.
today at the United Teachers of Dade (UTD) Conference
Center, 2200 Biscayne Blvd. The students and their schools
are:
Senior High School
Division
1st
Place ($400 Scholarship) Claudia Dominguez, Felix Varela
Senior High
2nd Place ($250
Scholarship) Jabari
Powell, Wm. H. Turner Technical Arts Senior High
3rd Place ($100 Scholarship) Jessica McKally, Miami Carol
City Senior High
Middle School
Division
1st
Place ($400 Scholarship) Maria Moll, Howard Doolin
Middle
2nd Place ($250 Scholarship)
Rebeca
Espinosa, G.W. Carver Middle
3rd Place (4100
Scholarship) Leticia
Zamora, Shenandoah Middle
The contest, a joint effort by M-DCPS divisions of Social
Sciences and Language Arts/Reading and UTD, supports the
African American history curriculum implemented in 1994
while incorporating the district's focus on reading and
writing. More than 100 entries were received from secondary
students in the district.
For more information, contact John Doyle, Administrative
Director, Division of Social Sciences, at 305-995-1982.
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03-MV/109/JJS
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