HIALEAH MIDDLE LEADS PACK OF M-DCPS SCHOOLS WINNING TOP 5 STATE AWARDS June 10, 2002 Four Miami-Dade public middle schools won the top five awards at the Project Citizen State Competition, a middle school civic education program, recently held in Tallahassee. The state champion, Hialeah Middle School, will represent Florida at the national competition in Denver next month. Sponsored by the Center for Civic Education and the Florida Law-Related Education Association, Project Citizen has students identify a local community problem and propose an action plan designed to address the problem. Eighteen Miami-Dade County middle schools participated in this year's competition sending over 30 student portfolios to Tallahassee for judging. Below are the schools and their teacher sponsors: Place School Sponsor 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place Hialeah Middle School Miami Springs Middle School G. W. Carver Middle School Arvida Middle School G. W. Carver Middle School Ms. Jackie Viana Ms. Colleen Sharon Mr. Juan Pino Jr. Ms. Ilana Ascher Mr. Juan Pino Jr. For further information regarding the Project Citizen Program, please contact Maria Elena Keenan, Educational Specialist, Division of Social Sciences, at 305-995-2498. ### 02-MV307/HD Back to News Releases