Cobra News Headlines for November 2008


  • South Miami Visual Arts Magnet students participated in The Shapes of Space Exhibition at the 801 Art Studios. The show, featuring 340 works, is presented by Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the Division of Life Skills and Special Projects. Congratulations to the following students for their entire's in the show.
    • Max Borg en
    • Sasha Bruno
    • Carlos Canales-Silva
    • Laura Garcia
    • James Heredia
    • Joanne Rodriguez (Her art is featured in the Miami Herald's 11/20/08 edition of Neighbors.)
    • Alden Solis
    • Rohan Walker
  • Check out SM Cobra TV's exclusive interview with NBC News correspondent Mark Potter. Potter visited the SM Cobra News studios on Tuesday where he was interviewed by Shihan Fahim for the newscast. For more on Mark Potter click here for his MSNBC profile.

  • The next EESAC meeting is scheduled for Wed., Nov. 19th in the Media Center at 2:40 pm.
    Teachers, students, and parents are encouraged to attend.

  • Congratulations to the SMSH Girl's Soccer Team; they tied at their October 30th game, 3-3, giving them 1st place in the tournament.

  • Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to swap books at the second annual SMSH Great Book Swap, sponsored by the Cobra Readers club. If you want to trade books, bring them in and receive a ticket for each one. Be sure to come on Nov. 7th to trade for something new. Click here for a snapshot of what the Book Swap was like last year. Click on the left for our Book Swap Comerica.


  • Results of the 2008 Student Mock Presidential Election are outlined below. Results are listed by elementary school level, middle school level, senior high school level, and District totals. The following results ONLY reflect schools and students who participated in the online Student Mock Presidential Election. Many schools opted to use a paper ballot to conduct individual school-site student mock elections and are NOT included in the results listed below.

    • Elementary Schools: Total Votes Cast: 33,066
    o Barack Obama: 77% (25,378)
    o John McCain: 23% (7,688)

    • Middle Schools: Total Votes Cast: 34,402
    o Barack Obama: 82% (28,096)
    o John McCain: 18% (6,306)

    • Senior High Schools: Total Votes Cast: 13,398
    o Barack Obama: 76% (10,243)
    o John McCain: 24% (3,155)

    • Total Student Votes Cast: 80,866
    o Barack Obama: 79% (63,717)
    o John McCain: 21% (17,149)

    Curriculum and Instruction, Social Sciences, appreciates the schools, teachers, and students who participated in the 2008 Student Mock Presidential Election and practiced the skills required to live in our democratic republic.


  • Last Thursday (10/23) Nike partnered with Miami-Dade County Public Schools on a contest challenging high school students to create art expressing their Hispanic pride. Winners included SMSH student, Laura Garcia. As the first-place winner, Laura received a special Nike award and $2,500 check presented on her behalf to the school's art program. The school's student body also will receive a Nike T-shirt with an image of Garcia's artwork. Congratulations to Laura Garcia for her award-winning entry.