One of Miami’s Community Newspapers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Connecting Communities E DEC. 24, 2018 - JAN. 6, 2019 ––––––––––––––––––––––– COMMUNITYNEWSPAPERS.COM –––––––––––––––––––––– 305-669-7355 Islands of Cocoplum Philanthropy Committee...
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One of Miami’s Community Newspapers –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Connecting Communities E DEC. 24, 2018 - JAN. 6, 2019 ––––––––––––––––––––––– COMMUNITYNEWSPAPERS.COM –––––––––––––––––––––– 305-669-7355 Islands of Cocoplum Philanthropy Committee partners with Gables High BY ROBERT HAMILTON xactly three miles due north from Cartagena Plaza, there is a public The magnetic lure high school that was designed to house 2,800 students for the affluent Coral Gables President & CEO Coral Gables BY MARK TROWBRIDGE community. Today, the school has over Chamber of Commerce 3,200 students, and with 76 percent of the students on free or reduced lunch, the The magnetic lure students aren’t exactly affluent. that lives in our front Actually, a recent top-performing student pocket or purse, while who is attending FIU on a full scholarship also serving as the had been homeless for all four years of high personal gateway to the school. Despite those challenges, she still social media universe,
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