OUTSTANDING DADE PARTNERS HONORED


March 28, 2003


Schools Superintendent Merrett R. Stierheim presented the school district's outstanding Dade Partners with awards at a ceremony held at the Radisson Mart Centre yesterday. Dade Partners include more than 3,100 businesses, organizations and individuals who make significant contributions to public education. The partners, their categories, and the schools that nominated them or that they partner with are as follows:

• Small Profit FIT KIDS Corporation/Miami Racquet & Fitness Club
  
  Blue Lakes Elementary, Emerson Elementary Community, Charles R. Hadley Elementary, Olympia Heights Elementary, Palmetto Middle, Riviera Middle and Rockway Middle
  
  

• Mid-Range Profit Holland & Knight Law Firm Charitable Foundation
  
  Ponce de Leon Middle
  
  

• Large Profit  The Biltmore Hotel & Conference Center of the Americas
  
  South Miami Elementary, Sunset Elementary, ACCESS Center 5
  
  

• Non-Profit  Hope Worldwide
  
  Hubert O. Sibley Elementary
  
  

• Joint Venture  Aventura Marketing Council Education Committee, Complete Graphix, Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office, Nova Southeastern University and Parkway Regional Medical Center
  
  Greynolds Park Elementary, Madie Ives Elementary, Ojus Elementary, Virginia Boone Highland Oaks Elementary, Highland Oaks Middle, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High and North Miami Beach Senior High
  
  

• Countywide  Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections' Boot Camp
  
  Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center
  
  

• Newcomer  Maytag Appliance Sales Company
  
  Miami Lakes Educational Center
  
  

• Community Leader  Mr. Tyrone Backers, Sr./Community Crusade Against Drugs
  
  Crestview Elementary (Award presented posthumously)

New partnerships with schools were launched by 260 businesses this year.

For more information, contact Dr. Linda Brown at 305-995-1215.

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03-MV/117/JJS

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