Coral Reef Senior High School: Miami's Mega-Magnet School

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Gold Circle Awards from Columbia Scholastic Press Association

MIAMI, FLORIDA - October 29, 2009 – Six Coral Reef Senior High School students whose artwork was published in the 2009 Elysium Literary/Art Magazine won Gold Circle awards from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. They are : Tatiana Jackson, Noel Kassewitz, Raquel Kidd, Audrey Gonzalez, Andrea Espinosa, and Raye Ng. Andrea is a junior in the Visual and Performing Arts Academy and Raye is a senior in the International Baccalureate Academy at CRHS. The other award recipients graduated last year. 2009 Elysium Literary/Art Magazine is under the direction of Ms. Amy Scott, Faculty Sponsor.

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has announced the winners from the newspaper and magazine categories of its 27th Gold Circle Awards program.

This first portion of the Gold Circle Awards attracted 8,091 entries from colleges, universities and secondary schools throughout the United States. Begun in 1984, these awards celebrate individual achievement by student writers, editors, designers and photographers.

Of those entries, only 1,831 received either a First, Second, Third Place or Certificate of Merit Award during the 2009 competition. These entries came from 451 publications from the United States, Canada and international schools following the American plan of education.
The Coral Reef MAGAZINE VISUAL CATEGORIES awards are as follows:

Single illustration not based on photography material: color
Tatiana Jackson, “Lait,” Elysium Literary/Art Magazine, Coral Reef High School, Miami, FL
Single illustration that complements the content of the accompanying copy: black and white
Noel Kassewitz, “Bestial Ramifications,” Elysium Literary/Art Magazine, Coral Reef High School, Miami, FL
Single illustration that complements the content of the accompanying copy: color
Raquel Kidd, “Pyre of Knowledge; Violinist; Some Lucky Kid; Try It You Might Like It,” Elysium Literary/Art Magazine, Coral Reef High School, Miami, FL
Audrey Gonzalez, “Blinded, On the Back of My Mind, Choke, Vegetables,” Elysium Literary/Art Magazine, Coral Reef High School, Miami, FL
Single illustration that complements the content of the accompanying copy: portfolio Andrea Espinosa, “Sourtongue,” Elysium Literary/Art Magazine, Coral Reef High School, Miami, FL
Photographs: two or more colors: Raye Ng, “Survive,” Elysium Literary/Art Magazine, Coral Reef High School, Miami, FL

Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami's Mega-Magnet, opened its doors in 1997 as a $32.3 million facility. Coral Reef is located in the Southwest of Miami-Dade County adjacent to the Richmond Heights community on 59 beautifully landscaped acres. Two open courtyards enhance the ambiance of the school environment. The campus includes a seven-acre community park, four outdoor basketball courts, six tennis courts, a quarter-mile track, football and soccer practice fields, and softball and baseball fields. In additional, there is an agriscience land-laboratory containing a greenhouse, garden, and aquatic and small animal areas. Large gatherings of students, parents and community members can be comfortably accommodated in the state-of-the-art school auditorium, which seats 804, and the gymnasium, which can accommodate over 2,000 people. The building itself measures 306,000 square feet excluding the courtyard, which measures over one acre. The initial budget was projected at $64.5 million, but when completed on June 19, 1997 the project required less money. Coral Reef Senior High School is a unique four-year mega-magnet high school comprised of six academics: International Studies/International Baccalaureate; Business/Finance; Agriscience/Engineering Technology; Leisure Medicine/Health Sciences; Visual/Performing Arts; and Legal/Public Affairs. In additional to the academic, a comprehensive program of activities and athletics is available to all students. Coral Reef maintains close ties with numerous community professionals, business, and agencies. Since the students have all applied to attend (and subsequently been selected by lottery) and parents/community totally support school programs, and environment exists which promotes: high levels of academic commitment to the school and outside community, and preparation for future success in the students, approximately 24 percent of whom are white, non-hispanic students, 24 percent are African-American students, 45 percent are Hispanic students, and eight percent are autistic, emotionally handicapped, as well as other health impaired. Visit Coral Reef Senior High School at http://coralreef.dadeschools.net for more information.

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