Belen Jesuit Preparatory School

Benjamin Matza Award Recipients

Teresa Martinez | Director of Communications
Congratulations to the students who received the Benjamin Matza Award at the Middle School Academic Awards Ceremony on September 13. This award was instituted in 2005 in memoriam of Benjamin Matza, who was a stellar student and tragically died in a car accident while in middle school. 

This is the highest Academic Award given in Middle School. This award was presented to students who earned a final grade of A in all their classes in each semester of middle school. 

“The Benjamin Matza Award recipients exemplify the Ignatian ideal of the Magis, always doing the more,” said Patricia Bustamante, Assistant Principal of the Middle School. “I am incredibly proud of these young men and wish them continued success in high school.”

The recipients are:
  • Cesar Fernando Aguado
  • Marco Felipe Alberni
  • Nicolas Battistini
  • Marco Enrique Berga
  • Carlos Augusto Cantos Hulett
  • Lucas V. Diaz
  • Max Ernesto Erdmann
  • Santiago Felix-Padilla
  • Anthony Ramses Kiami Gimenez
  • Alejandro Lurigados
  • Marcelo Andres Martel
  • Francisco Javier Moscoso
  • Simon Parra
  • Julian David Quijano
  • Michael Javier Rodriguez
  • Jose Antonio Romano
  • Luis Ignacio Souto


Click here to view the photo album from the Middle School Academic Award Ceremony. Beginning with the Class of 2027, the Benjamin Matza Award will be presented to students at the top of the 5% of their class.
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BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain.  The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline.  In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty.  The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow.  Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.