Coral Gables Senior High School Honors Class of 2020

CORAL GABLES, FL — Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Coral Gables Senior High School are honoring the Class of 2020 to coincide with the school's virtual graduation on June 9.

The school is highlighting one student below who represents the achievements of the entire graduating class.

Lia Sanchez Ramirez

Lia Sanchez Ramirez is attending Johns Hopkins University in the fall and plans to major in molecular and cellular biology on a pre-medical track. She completed the International Baccalaureate program at Coral Gables Senior High, and was involved in the Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish and National Honor societies and has had extensive volunteer and research experience at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. Being a "Peer Health Educator" through the Health Information Project led to her passion for understanding and aiding the human condition through medicine.

In an effort to ensure that the Class of 2020 graduates at Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) receive the pomp and circumstance they deserve, the District is holding virtual graduation ceremonies for each high school. The live streaming of each virtual graduation, as well as a schedule of ceremonies and a video archive can be accessed by visiting Classof2020.dadeschools.net. The ceremonies are also televised on WLRN Channel 17.

The virtual commencement ceremonies will be followed by an in-person Class of 2020 celebration at each high school either in the summer or winter, once it is safe to do so under public health guidelines.

In addition to the virtual ceremonies, the District has launched a marketing campaign to highlight outstanding seniors, and invite the community to celebrate graduates on social media using the following hashtags: #MDCPSGrad, #Classof2020, #MeetMDCPSGrads and #SeniorSpotlight.