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Students Breathe Life Back Into Failing Miami Central |
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Written by Kathleen McGregrory - The Miami Herald
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 |
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Article Source and Image: The Miami Herald
Written by - Kathleen McGregrory - May 24th, 2009
 Teens at the school with the worst academic standing in Florida are changing their school's image in their own special ways.The state thought it might be time to close Miami Central Senior High. The students thought otherwise...
This spring, Central's student body took up the fight to save their school, a landmark in Miami's West Little River neighborhood.With five straight F's, Central had been branded with the worst academic record in Florida. But its students seized the opportunity to prove they were more than failing students at a failing school.
Over the last several weeks, four students gave a Herald reporter, videographer and photographer unparallelled access to their lives.
Briana Napper, a freshman, recently battled acute leukemia. But like Central, Briana is a fighter. Now in remission, she is thriving in the school's magnet program.
Jelecia Marshall, an outspoken sophomore, rallied her fellow 10th-graders to make gains on the state tests on which school grades are based.
Jeffrey Godfrey, a junior, is the school's star quarterback. Along with plenty of swagger, he's got a work ethic that includes taking extra classes so he can graduate a semester early and move on to college.
And senior André Young is the drum major of the Miami Central Marching Rockets, the school's marching band. A leader and a gentleman, André embodies the spirit of Central.
Learn their stories...
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