COLLEGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS, JULY 29

Over 300 Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) students will file into the Biltmore Hotel’s Country Club Ballroom at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, to be awarded “last dollar” College Assistance Program (CAP), Inc. grants to attend college. The Biltmore is located at 1200 Anastasia Ave., in Coral Gables.

Keynote speakers include Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho; President of Miami Dade College North Campus, Dr. Jose Vicente; and Provost of Florida International University, Dr. Douglas Wartzok.  The student keynote speaker will be Miami Edison Senior High School Silver Knight Winner, Estanley Baptiste.

Also on hand to present checks and honor students will be local donors and Friends of CAP, Inc., including Nieves Losa, Vice-President of Community Blood Centers of South Florida.
 
Founded by former and longest-serving School Board member G. Holmes Braddock, and in collaboration with M-DCPS’ Division of Student Services and the Dade Community Foundation, CAP, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the diverse, multicultural, economically disadvantaged M-DCPS graduates, who have exhausted all available means of financial assistance.  CAP, Inc. allows them to attend the college of their choice through “last dollar” grant assistance.

Since 1979, CAP, Inc. has been working in collaboration with M-DCPS to provide millions of dollars in grant scholarships to students. Over the years, more than 10,000 students have received more than $11 million.

For further information, please contact Deborah A. Montilla, District Director, Division of Student Services at 305-995-7324.

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