Miami Palmetto Senior High School Has Another Great Year

As Miami-Dade County Public Schools wraps up their academic calendar and students get ready for their summer vacation that starts later this week, I am amazed at how rapidly another school year flew by. My children are wrapping up their last years of high school and I am grateful that I live in a community that appreciates the difficulties the public schools are experiencing, both economically and because of increased competition, and steps up to the plate to assist.

Some of the achievements of Miami Palmetto Senior High School for the 2009-2010 school year, in no particular order:

15 Silver Knight nominees, winners Noah Gray and Veronica Rigl, honorable mention Michael Grey
Athlete of the Year – Michael Saco for swimming
won the Class 6A All-Sports Trophy, given to the county’s top athletic program, for the fourth time in the past five years
Dade Scholar Athlete of the Year – Denizen Kocak
Principal of the Year recipient – Howard Weiner
142 AP Scholars
49 AP Scholars with Honor
96 AP Scholars with Distinction
26 National AP Scholars
State Championships for Boys Swimming, 1st place, Girls Bowling 3rd place, Boys Tennis, 4th place
All-District Honors Girl’s Lacrosse Team
Four National Merit Scholarship Award winners
National winners of the LG ecoMobilization High School Cell Phone Recycling cContest
Third place honors at the 2010 Florida Envirothon
Fairchild Challenge Educator of the Year – Pamela Shlachtman

“Miami Palmetto High School…superior students, an extraordinary education, all in your own backyard.”