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Without the hair goop and the fake-gold hoops, Mimi Davila is no chonga. She's a scholar. A humanitarian. A Silver Knight. http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/541043.html http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/541043.html Wed, 21 May 2008 00:01 EDT One conducted independent research that helped extend the lives of cancer patients. Another starred in a Web video that spoofed Miami's Chonga culture -- and became an instant sensation on YouTube. http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/539596.html http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/539596.html Tue, 20 May 2008 00:01 EDT A lot has changed in 50 years, but not the quality of South Florida's Silver Knights. The prestigious Silver Knight Awards -- bestowed on high school seniors who are standouts in their communities and classrooms -- reached its golden anniversary this year. http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/549965.html http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/549965.html Tue, 20 May 2008 01:00 EDT Steven S. Reinemund's comments from the Silver Knight Awards ceremony on May 20, 2008: http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/561532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/silverknights/story/561532.html Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT Kevin Mintz rolled his electric wheelchair up to the podium in the middle of the stage Friday. He looked down at his white graduation gown and then addressed the crowd, his speech slow and labored. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/535375.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/535375.html Fri, 16 May 2008 03:01 EDT He helped defuse the United States' biggest prison uprising, spent a decade restoring an iconic Key West cultural center and is now proposing to create a federal historical park around Miami's Freedom Tower. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/526816.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/526816.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Nancy Franks McCue marked a series of firsts before retiring from the North Miami police department in 2000: the first female office, sergeant, lieutenant and commander. But her ''firsts'' started at Hialeah High School, as the school paper's first female Boys' Sports Editor. And in 1962, she became her school's first Silver Knight winner. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/518141.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/518141.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT Before winning the Silver Knight in foreign languages, Nadeige Laleau, nee Elusma, doubted she would live to see her 18th birthday. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/509161.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/509161.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT On Aug. 15, 2007, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Peru, leveling swaths of the port cities of Pisco, Ica and Chincha. Hundreds of people were killed, thousands left homeless. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/500645.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/500645.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT David Heffernan was goofing around with some buddies in the audience during the presentation of the Silver Knight award for athletics in 1980. The Columbus High senior didn't think he had a chance to win. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/491725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/491725.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT Colleen Grady can pinpoint the moment her life changed. It was September 2000. Grady, an attorney for an international law firm, was vacationing with a friend in Cambodia. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/482565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/482565.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT Every morning before heading off to work, Yazmany Arboleda glances at a small white notecard he keeps in his sock drawer. Scribbled down is a note he wrote to himself two years ago, when he first moved to New York: I want to be the most influential artist of the 21st Century. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/473486.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/473486.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT He says he relishes obstacles. The first came at age 6, when he left his native Rio de Janeiro for the United States not knowing a word of English. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/464876.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/464876.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT When Gary Eisenberg won a Silver Knight Award for Citizenship ''many moons ago,'' he said it was as if time stopped. There, presenting the awards at the 1970 ceremony, was astronaut Alan L. Bean, fresh off the 1969 Apollo 12 space mission. Eisenberg was awestruck, thinking about how special the awards must be if Bean was there to recognize the winners. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/456032.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/456032.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT Long before he argued in front of the Supreme Court or wrote speeches for the vice president or went to Harvard (magna cum laude, national debating champion) and Harvard Law (cum laude, Law Review), and years before he won the 1966 Silver Knight Award for speech and debate, Joel Perwin could not get a word in edgewise at dinner. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/447498.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/447498.html Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:01 EST Victoria Rivero Elliott spent her early childhood in Cuba speaking Spanish, started learning English at age 12, began studying French in eighth grade and by high school graduation had added German and Mandarin Chinese to her repertoire. http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/437854.html http://www.miamiherald.com/978/story/437854.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:01 EST Music was Elaine Rinaldi's life from the first flip of her wrist. At age 7 she was tapping out Chopin melodies on a Japanese Kawai Baby Grand in her parents' Westchester living room. By 16, she had made her professional debut as a concert pianist with the Fort Lauderdale Chamber Symphony. http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747201.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747201.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:29 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747206.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747206.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:33 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747213.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747213.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:36 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747219.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747219.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:38 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747240.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:48 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747241.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747241.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:50 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747242.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747242.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:52 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747243.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747243.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:53 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747264.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747264.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:12 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747265.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747265.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:12 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747274.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:12 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747275.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1398/story/747275.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:12 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747307.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747307.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07 EDT The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs. The purpose of this Awards program 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, founder and editor emeritus of Knight-Ridder Newspapers and 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747309.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747309.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07 EDT The Silver Knight Awards program is open to 12th-grade students in public, private and parochial schools in Miami-Dade and Broward counties with a minimum 3.2 unweighted GPA. Class rank and /or percentile are no longer required. Only students with this academic requirement in addition to strong records of service to their school and community should be nominated. Students in vocational and adult centers must be nominated by the public high school to which they would be assigned by residence. Schools may nominate one student per category. Nominating students is the responsibility of each high school. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747310.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747310.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07 EDT <b>Art</b> Excellence should be demonstrated through creative ability in drawing, painting, sculpture, fabrics, photography, graphic design or any other medium in the visual arts. Service may include the teaching, inspiration or encouragement of others through the use of visual arts. Art nominees are encouraged to bring a portfolio of their work to the interview. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747313.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07 EDT All applications must be completed on-line. A nominee submits five packets of the Entry Form - a final printout of the application that has been submitted online plus four photocopies. Attach to each of the four Entry Forms a photocopied set of the Support Documents and headshot photo. Support Documents can include numerous one-paragraph summaries that inform judges about a debate tournament, a math competition, an art exhibit, a youth symphony, etc. These are limited to 12 pages printed on one side. Do not submit original award certificates; please keep your awards and make photocopies. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747321.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07 EDT All Silver Knight entries must be delivered by the school’s representative to The Miami Herald no later than Friday, January 30, 2009. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747338.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747338.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31 EDT Volunteer judges invited by The Miami Herald form an independent panel for each category to read the entry forms and conduct interviews. Judges will select a Silver Knight winner and three Honorable Mentions in each category. Judges in one category do not consult judges in another category before reaching decisions. The school’s Silver Knight Coordinator is notified of the site and specific day in March for Silver Knight interviews. Because of the difficulty in arranging schedules for all the judges, interviews will be conducted on that one-day only. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747339.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31 EDT The Silver Knight Awards ceremony is held at a theater or auditorium in late May. http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747350.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747350.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31 EDT <b>January 30, 2009</b>: APPLICATION DEADLINE http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747352.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1399/story/747352.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31 EDT - Photographs must be submitted in a jpeg format and with a required 300 dpi. It is required when submitting your photograph, to save file under category code, last name, first name.