FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 16, 2015        

CONTACT: Daisy Gonzalez-Diego
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-2060

Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, Miami-Dade’s public school students, Project UP-START staff and community partners

UP-START Prom Boutique  

Friday, April 17, 2015
11 a.m. - noon

Miami International University of Art & Design
1501 Biscayne Boulevard, #100
Miami, FL 33132

Pre-selected deserving male and female students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools will have the opportunity to visit the Prom Boutique to select dresses, suits, heels and dress shoes, as well as accessories for their prom events in May.  All items are free to students, donated by community members and organizations as part of the District’s Project UP-START initiative, in order to help students who cannot afford to buy prom gear and otherwise may not attend this important event. Project UP-START is a Miami-Dade County Public Schools program that supports students who are in the Homeless Assistance Program or who are living in transition.