Miami Springs High student receives $10,000 Orange Bowl Beigel-Feis-Hixon Valor Award
%20(1).jpg "Palmer Trinity School students Alejandro Ichiro Miyasaka, Alex Fumagalli, Javi Cervera, and Jackson Graeff are pictured above with Andrew Stein, center, during their $700 check presentation in support of Stein’s organization, The Orphaned Starfish Foundation. See item below.")
The Orange Bowl Committee recently announced that Ashley Moon, a student-athlete at Miami Springs High School, is the fourth recipient of the Orange Bowl Beigel-Feis-Hixon Valor Award. Ashley received a $10,000 scholarship toward her college education at Florida State University, starting this fall.
The Orange Bowl Beigel-Feis-Hixon Valor Award was created in honor of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School coaches Scott Beigel, Aaron Feis, and Chris Hixon, who all died protecting their colleagues and students during the school shooting on Feb. 14, 2018. Ashley was nominated by her tennis coach, Manuel Fabian, for overcoming cyber and emotional bullying throughout high school and maintaining a 5.14 GPA while competing in her school’s volleyball, swim and tennis varsity teams.
“The Orange Bowl Committee is extremely proud to announce Ashley Moon as this year’s winner of the Orange Bowl Beigel-Feis-Hixon Valor Award,” said Orange Bowl Committee President and Chair Jack Seiler. “After finding the strength to overcome life-threatening cyberbullying, Ashley transferred her time, effort, and passion into sports, school organized clubs, and public service, in which she has received numerous awards and special recognitions. It is an honor to bestow this prestigious award upon such a well-deserving student-athlete.”
Ashley will be recognized during the 2021 College Football Playoff Semifinals at the Capital One Orange Bowl.
PALMER TRINITY SCHOOL
Palmer Trinity School students Alejandro Ichiro Miyasaka, Javi Cervera, Jackson Graeff, and Alex Fumagalli presented a $700 check to Andrew Stein, founder and executive chairman of the Orphaned Starfish Foundation. The students raised funds through their business called Ichiro’s Cookies to support the foundation.
The Orphaned Starfish Foundation was created to provide technology-based education, job training, and job placement assistance to orphans, victims of abuse, survivors of trafficking, indigenous children, at-risk youth, and refugees. The organization helps children around the world with a focus on Latin America, Asia and Africa.
“We are very proud of the philanthropic leadership our amazing students have shown,” said Patrick Roberts, head of school. “This initiative demonstrates their drive and ingenuity to benefit vulnerable youth both locally and globally.”
Ichiro’s Cookies was launched as part of Palmer Trinity School’s Social Entrepreneurship class, which was created in 2014 to equip students with the skills and experiences needed to design, launch, and run their own social change and environmental innovation ventures.
CARROLLTON SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART
Isabela Delgado, a student at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, was named a fellow in the inaugural class of The Hafize Gaye Erkan First Republic Fellowship Program. The program selects 10 ninth-grade students from The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools member schools and awards them a $5,000 grant per year of their high school education toward STEM services and programs.
Isabela is a member of several organizations at her school, including the Underwater Remote Operating Vehicle Robotics team and the founder of the Power of Play Club. She also competed in the Dream in Green Design and Build Competition, where she designed and built an architectural model addressing sea-level rise in Miami.