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SAS Student Wins Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship

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When Raul Campos’ family heard rumors that the wet-foot, dry-foot policy that granted immigration privileges to Cuban refugees might be terminated, coming to the United States became a ‘now or never’ journey.  The family made their voyage to Miami on February 28, 2015—Campos’ 10th birthday. After witnessing his family… Read the rest at our website.
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These Four Siblings Graduated From The School For Advanced Studies—The Youngest Finished In May

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Pakistani natives Faisal Imtiaz Mohammad and Shahla Mohammad worried that their four American children—Hisham, Waleed, Sameer and Raania—would lose focus studying in what they view as a lax college culture in the United States.  So the Mohammads sought an educational program that could foster their children’s talents and prepare… Read the rest at our website.
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Feeling Lost On Campus? Now you can Ask Alexa

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Andres Gutierrez stands in the main rotunda at West Campus, hovering over a black plastic-top desk where an Amazon Echo Dot sits next to a sign that reads: Alexa, ask West. “Alexa, ask West where Testing is,” Gutierrez asks the most recent addition to Amazon’s voice recognition controlled interactive… Read the rest at our website.
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Six School For Advanced Studies Students Receive Posse Scholarships

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Six School for Advanced Studies students were awarded the Posse Foundation scholarship, which covers full tuition for up to four years at any of the program’s six partner schools. The organization, which measures leadership and teamwork, received more than 1,250 applicants for the Posse Miami Scholarship. The list was… Read the rest at our website.
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SAS Senior Gives Back To Education

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Daniela Hernandez, a School for Advanced Studies senior at North Campus, started an organization called ShareJoy that focuses on helping impoverished children in Kenya acquire the resources needed to receive an education. “ShareJoy’s goal is to be able to help designated groups of children get an education,”  Hernandez said.… Read the rest at our website.
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High School Students To Launch Rocket Into Space

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In just one lunchtime conversation last November, two high school juniors brainstormed and exchanged ideas, simulated rocket launches online, and began to devise a project that could make them the first high school students to reach space. Adrian Ruiz, 17, and Sebastian Abisleiman, 18—now seniors in the School for… Read the rest at our website.
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SAS Student Aspires For The Ivy Leagues Balancing Studies And Grueling Chemotherapy Treatments

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Looking in the mirror one weekend, about two and a half years ago, Sterling Velazquez noticed something different about his face. It wasn’t the typical acne or early stages of a beard most teenagers see when looking in the mirror. His face was swelling. He thought it might have… Read the rest at our website.