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MIAMI NORTHWESTERN PRINCIPAL HONORED WITH THE Miami Northwestern Senior High School Principal Wallace Aristide was chosen as one of three Gold Medallion Winners and was honored with the 2014 Leonard Miller Principal Leadership Award by the Council for Educational Change at a luncheon held today. During the event, Mr. Aristide was presented with $5,000 for being one of three winners and with an additional $5,000 for being a recipient of the Principal Leadership Award. Mr. Aristide is one of three principals recognized state-wide for outstanding contributions in the field of education. Each year, the Council awards upon a deserving principal $10,000 as the winner of the Leadership Award while recognizing Gold Medallion Finalists for their excellence in leadership. Since assuming the leadership of Miami Northwestern, Principal Aristide has been responsible for the following school accomplishments: moving the school labeled “F” for 14 years to an “A”; increasing the annual graduation rate from 55 percent to 82 percent; increasing the number of Advanced Placement classes from 4 to 14; adding dual enrollment classes; and created “The Educational Effect,” the first university-community school project in Miami-Dade County. To apply for the Leonard Miller Principal Leadership Award, principals need to have participated in Council programs; described how they have achieved academic success as an instructional leader; and demonstrated how they have engaged staff, parents, and the community in support of these efforts. The Council for Educational Change is a nonprofit charitable organization established by the South Florida Annenberg Challenge whose purpose is to increase the quality of education in our state. Editor’s Note: Photo Below
(From left to right) Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, Board Member for District 2, Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, Principal Wallace Aristide and Board Vice Chair, Dr. Lawrence Feldman. # # # 14-DGD/125/TC
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