Eight Silver Knight Nominees
Belen Jesuit is proud to announce its nominees for the 2018 Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards.
The Silver Knight awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student award programs, and as a community we are proud to be a part of their 59th year celebration. The purpose of the program is to recognize extraordinary students, in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties, who not only have excelled in the classroom but also have contributed, unselfishly, to their community and/or society as a whole. Each of these 8 nominees fall nothing short from serving as examples of what it means to be a true man for others, with their Jesuit values at the core of everything they do.
“The Belen community is extremely proud to nominate these eight young men for the Silver Knight Award,” said Principal Jose E. Roca. “These seniors’ academic excellence and passion for community service are an example for all to follow.”
One Silver Knight and three Honorable Mentions will be selected in each category by a panel of independent judges at Jungle Island on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. The names of the winners will be announced at the Silver Knight Awards ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the James L. Knight Center in Miami. Winners receive $2,000, a Silver Knight statue and a medallion. The three Honorable Mentions each receive $500 and an engraved plaque.
Category and Student Nominee
- Business – Lucas Zumpano
- General Scholarship – Andres Dones
- Journalism – Robert Lopez-Irizarry
- Music and Dance – Placido Valdes
- Science – Ivan Barral
- Social Science – Thomas Gallinar
- Speech – Javier Guerrero Vicente
- Vocational Technical – Angel Aguilar
We wish these young men the best of luck throughout the remainder of the process.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
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.