Meet the 2023 Silver Knight winners

2023 AWARDS

One student used his computer science skills to help his school club win a NASA competition to develop a new way to feed astronauts in the International Space Station.

Several students are helping children around the world. One is partnering with a global soccer charity to start a soccer league in Mozambique and another is tutoring Indigenous children in one of the poorest regions of the Philippines. Still another helped build two classrooms and rehab bathrooms in an overcrowded Kenyan school.

Closer to home, one student has created a climate literacy program to empower students to combat climate change. Another is raising awareness about the growing number of books being banned in Florida school libraries. A third is helping immigrant families navigate the college admissions process.

These are among the extraordinary talents of the 30 Miami-Dade and Broward high school seniors who were honored Thursday evening as Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald Silver Knight Award winners.

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Now in its 65th year, the annual Silver Knight Awards ceremony showcases the academic excellence and community service projects of South Florida high school seniors. This year, 750 students were nominated from 69 Miami-Dade and 32 Broward public, charter and private schools.

The students are judged in 15 high school disciplines: art, athletics, business, digital media, drama, English, general scholarship, journalism, mathematics, music, science, social science, speech, vocational tech and world languages. In addition to the 30 winners - 15 each in Miami-Dade and Broward - 90 other students were named Honorable Mentions.

So, click on the stories below of the 30 Silver Knight Award winners in Miami-Dade and Broward.

Their stories will inspire you, teach you and instill in you a deep reservoir of hope as our Silver Knight winners go forward and make the world a richer, more equitable and compassionate place in which to live.