Meet the 2020 Silver Knight winners
After the shooting at her Parkland high school that killed 17 of her classmates and faculty members, she co-wrote a song that helped her community heal, garnering rave reviews from Paul McCartney, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber.
Another started a casserole project in fourth grade to provide home-cooked meals for Miami’s homeless community, and over the next nine years, she and her fellow volunteers have donated over 20,000 casseroles.
Still another organized a one-day summit to teach young people how to organize their communities to effect social and political change, leading one participant to renew his commitment to become the first member of his family to attend college.
And a student concerned about climate change brought reams of data to a South Miami City Commission meeting, helping lead to the passage of a city ordinance requiring new or substantially renovated homes to have solar panels, the first such law in Florida.
These are among the accomplishments of the 30 high school seniors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties who won a Silver Knight Award Thursday evening as part of the 62nd annual Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald program recognizing outstanding high school seniors. In total, 700 students from 103 public and private schools in both counties were nominated.
Each award includes a $2,000 scholarship from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a Silver Knight statue, an AAdvantage 25,000-mile travel certificate and the Silver Knight medallion presented by American Airlines employees. Another 90 seniors were named honorable mentions; they received a plaque and $500.
Without further ado, meet the 2020 Silver Knight Award winners:
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Broward
Art
Dillard High School
M Jamesly Saint Louis
Broward
Athletics
Everglades High School
Leonardo Mateus
Broward
Business
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
Mayumi Sofia Porto
Broward
Digital & Interactive Media
North Broward Preparatory School
Hanxi Meng
Broward
Drama
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Andrea Peña
Broward
English & Literature
North Broward Preparatory School
Isabella del Granado
Broward
General Scholarship
College Academy at Broward College - Central Campus
Gabriela Molina
Broward
Journalism
Archbishop McCarthy High School
Kayla Torres
Broward
Mathematics
NSU University School
Ronnie Shashoua
Broward
Music & Dance
North Broward Preparatory School
Shayna Singer
Broward
Science
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
Alexandra O'Dowd
Broward
Social Science
Cypress Bay High School
Joseph Mullen
Broward
Speech
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Sarah Kaufman
Broward
Vocational Technical
Coral Glades High School
Misha Thomas
Broward
World Languages
Coral Glades High School
Helena Augustin
Dade
Art
Doral Academy Preparatory School
Monica Lagrange
Dade
Athletics
Terra Environmental Research Institute
Andrea Gutierrez
Dade
Business
Miami Arts Studio 6-12 at Zelda Glazer
Kevin Amezaga
Dade
Digital & Interactive Media
Christopher Columbus High School
Lukas Guerra
Dade
Drama
School for Advanced Studies - MDC, Homestead Campus
Sasha Farid
Dade
English & Literature
Coral Reef Senior High School
Anik Willig
Dade
General Scholarship
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Nina Paneque
Dade
Journalism
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School
David Brothers
Dade
Mathematics
Christopher Columbus High School
Alejandro Morles
Dade
Music & Dance
Hialeah Gardens Senior High
Gabriel Perez
Dade
Science
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Esteban Rincon
Dade
Social Science
Palmer Trinity School
Owen Reynolds
Dade
Speech
Carol City Senior High School
T. Jermaine Adams
Dade
Vocational Technical
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Alexandra von der Goltz
