Education
Coral Gables Community Foundation wins Dade Schools’ Exemplary Partner Award
Whether providing scholarships for promising graduates, volunteering at back-to-school cleanups or collecting dress clothes for athletes, the Coral Gables Community Foundation has been a longtime supporter of Coral Gables Senior High School. The foundation’s commitment to its local high school …
Gables High senior Jake Mekin wins Ralph Moore Scholarship
Jake Mekin, in the top 8 percent of his class at Coral Gables Senior High School with a 6.19 weighted GPA, has won the Ralph Moore Scholarship, named after the longtime principal of Gables High. “Jake’s leadership in the Interact …
Gulliver’s Claude Charron named Conrad Foundation Teacher of the Year
Claude Charron, chair of Gulliver Schools’ engineering and biomedical sciences department, has been named the Conrad Foundation’s “Think Outside the Globe” Teacher of the Year. Charron, who has taught at Gulliver since April 1998, started the school’s state-of-the-art engineering program …
Ceremony honors nearly 400 ‘A’ students at Coral Gables High
The annual Elsa Glazer Awards Ceremony, honoring seniors who maintained an ‘A’ average (3.5 GPA or higher) throughout their high school career, was held Monday evening, April 8, at the Coral Gables Senior High auditorium. The event honored 382 Gables …
Gulliver hosts more than 200 students in AIDS fundraiser
Gulliver Preparatory School’s dance department and Sundancers recently raised $2,500 for Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) during its 10th annual AIDS Benefit at the prep’s Miller Drive campus auditorium. The DRA is a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which …
Temple Judea first-graders complete ‘mitzvah’ for Palace residents
The first grade religious school class at Temple Judea, 5500 Granada Blvd., recently finished a mitzvah (good deed) for elderly residents of The Palace at Kendall Senior Living Community. The students hand-made matzah covers for specific people at The Palace …
Gables High student chefs wow patrons at fundraising dinner gala
Coral Gables Senior High Principal Adolfo Costa was one proud man Monday night, March 18, as he charmed a restaurant full of supporters of his school’s Culinary Arts Academy, one of the elite programs of Miami-Dade Public Schools. At the …
Rotary to present scholarships to 13 Gables High students
Terry Long, chair of the Scholarship Committee for the Rotary Club of Coral Gables, announced that the committee is awarding $17,000 to 13 young people from Coral Gables Senior High this year. Money for the scholarship program comes primarily from …
Gables Museum offers spring break camp for kids 5-12
The Coral Gables Museum invites children ages 5-12 to attend “Spring into Motion,” a one-week camp from March 25-29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Campers will discover urban transportation by exploring the new Italy in Motion exhibit and learn about …
UM debate team wins national tournament at UF
The University of Miami debate team won the championship at the national tournament for Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, the national forensics and debate honorary, held March 1-3 at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Securing the win for the …
