Meet the 2023 Silver Knight winners
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.
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Broward
Art
Calvary Christian Academy
Isabella León

Broward
Athletics
North Broward Preparatory
Leah Finkelman

Broward
Business
Coral Glades High
Brooke Jolliff

Broward
Digital & Interactive Media
St. Thomas Aquinas
Salvatore Saccente

Broward
Drama
NSU University School
Shayna Soffer

Broward
English & Literature
Western High
Madelyn Streisfeld

Broward
General Scholarship
Calvary Christian Academy
Daniel Cuesta

Broward
Journalism
St. Thomas Aquinas
Brooke Simmons

Broward
Mathematics
Plantation High
Jason Vadnos

Broward
Music & Dance
Coral Glades High
Allison Patino

Broward
Science
Pine Crest School
Rebecca Adler

Broward
Social Science
College Academy at Broward College
Sara Faruqui

Broward
Speech
Cypress Bay High
Atiksh Chandra

Broward
Vocational Technical
Western High
Alejandra Portal

Broward
World Languages
St. Thomas Aquinas
Andrew Sabadash

Dade
Art
Christopher Columbus High
Jordan Perez

Dade
Athletics
Miami Beach High
Samantha Martin

Dade
Business
True North Classical Academy
Lauren Smith

Dade
Digital & Interactive Media
Westminster Christian School
Natalia Pineda

Dade
Drama
Ronald W. Reagan Doral High
Ashley Prado

Dade
English & Literature
Coral Park High
Stephanie Balderas

Dade
General Scholarship
MAST @ Homestead
Kevin Toledo

Dade
Journalism
G. Holmes Braddock High
Celine Churchman

Dade
Mathematics
Palmer Trinity School
Sydney Powell

Dade
Music & Dance
Ransom Everglades School
Ian Barnett

Dade
Science
Palmer Trinity School
Christopher Oeltjen

Dade
Social Science
Hialeah Gardens High
Yanesi Gonzalez

Dade
Speech
Gulliver Preparatory
Maya Gowda

Dade
Vocational Technical
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Shawn Martinez

Dade
World Languages
Miami Country Day
Chaya Hazan
This story was originally published May 25, 2023 at 9:50 PM with the headline "Meet the 2023 Silver Knight winners."