FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 6, 2006

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

'NEW' HOLMES ELEMENTARY GROUNDBREAKING

WHO: 
State Representative Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, School Board Member Solomon C. Stinson, Miami-Dade County Public Schools staff, Holmes Elementary staff and community members
WHAT:
“New” Holmes Elementary School Groundbreaking Ceremony
WHEN:
Monday, October 9, 9 a.m.
WHERE: 

1175 N.W. 67th Street

WHY:

Staff, students and parents will celebrate and observe construction and renovations atHolmes Elementary. A brunch immediately follows the ceremony. Holmes’ students are currently being housed at Lillie C. Evans Elementary School. Holmes is home to the NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA), an innovative national program that utilizes a series of unique hands-on, inquiry-based classroom curriculum enhancement activities. The school is scheduled to open for the 2007-2008 school year.

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06-FMN/044/DF

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