Cobra News Headlines for January 2008
- South Miami Senior High School's Best Buddies club will sponsor a
blood drive on Tuesday, January 29th from 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
in the Auditorium. Staff is invited to participate!
- Cobra Artwork on Display at Miami Art Museum. Congratulations go
out to four of our students who will be exhibiting their
works at the Miami
Art Museum as part of the 2008 Scholastic
Art Awards Exhibition.
- Jean Carlos Fernandez (11th grade) - Silver
Key
- Sulay Palenque (11th grade) - Gold Key & American Vision
Nominee
- Gabrielle Pena (12th grade) - Silver Key
- Roger Sarria (12th grade) - Honorable Mention
Regional winners at this level will
go on to compete at the
national level in
New York. The Miami Art Museum and Miami-Dade
Public Schools present the 2008 Scholastic Art Awards
Exhibition January 27th through February 17th. The
reception will be on Sunday, January 27 from 1 to
4, with the Awards Ceremony at 3 PM. For more information
contact the Miami Art
Museum at 305.375.3000
- The votes are in for the next
three titles for the SMSH
Faculty & Staff Book Club.
Take a look and read along.
- Check out this week's Cobra Word Wizard.
- Pre-sales for the Class of 2011 t-shirts have begun! See Ms. Cuesta
in Room 427 for purchase. The shirts are $10.
- Congratulations to Rose Tresvant's Law
Studies students and their
student coaches for winning the first ever prestigious Florida
Law Related Stephan C Shenkman Award at the We the People competition.
The award recognizes the school that best demonstrates extraordinary
conduct and scholarship and the highest ideas of civic education.
- Some upcoming dates to be aware of:
- January 31st is an Early Release
Day
- February 5th is an Early Release Parent – Teacher
Conference day. Conferences will run from 11:30 to 2:30.
Our Curriculum Carousel will run from 6:30 PM to 8:00PM.
- Parent Fitness Gram reports were sent home the week of Jan 14th. For
more information go to the Physical
Education and Health department.
- Any
student interested in either this year's Close
Up trip to Washington, D.C. or the January, 2009 trip
to witness the Inauguration of our next president (these trips are open
to all students) can find information on the bulletin board outside
Room 200. They should also see Dr. Astuto in Room 306 for free log-ins
to the web sites and information on how to get financial assistance
for the trip.
- Congratulations to Rose Tresvant and the students who are representing
the 18th Congressional District in the "We The People " Competition
in Orlando. This is Ms. Tresvant's third trip to this state
competition. They leave on the morning of January 10th. Good luck
to Ms. Tresvant
and her Law Studies Team!
- The South Miami Senior High School Jazz Band will feature at the Future
of Jazz Youth Concert. The concert will be on Wednesday,
January 23, 2008 at 7:30PM at the Dade County Auditorium. Tickets are
$25.00//For
More Info: 305-234-0802, ext. 102.
- FCAT Cobra Saturday Academy will begin Saturday, January
12, 2008 and will run through March. Breakfast will be
provided. Hours
will be 7:30 am to 12 pm.
- Magnet Visual Art students Talia Capistrano, Sulay Palenque,
Miguel Saludes, and Michelle Ziadie will be exhibiting
their works in the "Beaux Arts Student Artist Showcase" in
UM's Lowe Art Museum. Laura Garcia received first place in
the Graphics category
and will receive a cash prize of $200 the night of the
showcase. The
57th Annual Beaux Arts Festival of Art will
take place Saturday, January
19th and Sunday, January 20th, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. at the University of Miami.
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