The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding students who have not only maintained good grades but have also unselfishly applied their special knowledge and talents to contribute significant service to their schools and communities.

The Silver Knight Awards program was instituted at The Miami Herald in 1959 by John S. Knight, past publisher of The Miami Herald.

This year’s Silver Knight winners will be announced Thursday at 7 p.m. at the James L. Knight International Center, 400 SE Second Ave.

The event is presented by American Airlines, which gives every winner two roundtrip coach tickets. The cash awards are provided by the Knight Foundation. Other sponsors include Florida Blue and Baptist Health South FloridaHospital.

Thursday’s ceremony will be broadcast on local stations at a later date.

(For corrections to this list e-mail lyanez@MiamiHerald.com)

BROWARD COUNTY

American Heritage School nominees

Victoria Barros ART

Alexa Jacobson ATHLETICS

Elizabeth Deckler BUSINESS

Stephanie Elfont DRAMA

Ari Sharfstein ENGLISH

Jacob Munach GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Veronica Mingrone JOURNALISM

Harrison Miller MATHEMATICS

Abraham Evans MUSIC & DANCE

Seth Behar NEW MEDIA

Laura Grau SCIENCE

Juan Felipe Jaramillo SOCIAL SCIENCE

Robert Pomeroy SPEECH

Andew Doyle VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL

Carolina Jaramillo WORLD LANGUAGE

Archbishop McCarthy Senior High nominees

Liandra Izquierdo ART

Miranda Mila ATHLETICS

Nathan Richard Orfanedes BUSINESS

Erin James McLaughlin DRAMA

Jolene Underwood GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Anthony Joseph Segreto JOURNALISM

Alexander Daniel Regalado MATHEMATICS

Katherine Lantigua MUSIC & DANCE

Ilse Paniagua SCIENCE

James Rujimora SOCIAL SCIENCE

Claire Stauffer SPEECH

Blanche Ely Senior High nominee

Geneva Devaughn NEW MEDIA

Boyd H. Anderson Senior High nominee

Noella Puwol WORLD LANGUAGE

Calvary Christian Academy nominees

Jessica Colleen Byrd ART

Shawn Andrew Lashbrook ATHLETICS

Suzanne Trick DRAMA

Rebecca Joy Vitkus ENGLISH

Juliana Matthews GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Kristina Nicole Florio MATHEMATICS

Johnny Jones MUSIC & DANCE

Aaron Richter NEW MEDIA

Hannah Joy Carignan SCIENCE

Victoria Montesarchio SOCIAL SCIENCE

Katherine Anne Gottfried WORLD LANGUAGE

Cardinal Gibbons Senior High nominees

Francesca Patricia Champin ART

Joseph Lawrence Dissette ATHLETICS

Michael Riley Anderson BUSINESS

Jennifer Bautista DRAMA

Taylor A. O'Donnell ENGLISH

Owen Bailey SOCIAL SCIENCE

Bobby Nichols VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL

Richard Alan Lang WORLD LANGUAGE

Chaminade Madonna College Preparatory nominees

Nick Moncy ART

Brianna Pearl O'Neil ATHLETICS

Tiffany Marie Elkins BUSINESS

Joseph Jeffry Pecora DRAMA

Stefan Daniel Valdes ENGLISH

Daniel Eduardo Folgueira GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Hayley Joanna Cisneros JOURNALISM

Kevin Nader MATHEMATICS

Aristides Luis Lima MUSIC & DANCE

John Hannah Michel SCIENCE

Connor Gleason SOCIAL SCIENCE

Ariana Arias SPEECH

Dae-Young Yoon WORLD LANGUAGE

Charles W. Flanagan Senior High nominees

Karina Cabrera ART

Alyson Cuervo ATHLETICS

Danielle Gertner BUSINESS

Adriana Nicole Caballero ENGLISH

Katie Lynn Aguila GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP

Marianna Elizabeth Parnham JOURNALISM

Rimza Afzal MATHEMATICS

Kristen Laura Seto MUSIC & DANCE