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Southwest Miami Senior High School Honors Class of 2020
M-DCPS and Southwest Miami Senior High School honor the Class of 2020 to coincide with the school's virtual graduation on June 11.
MIAMI, FL — Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Southwest Miami Senior High School are honoring the Class of 2020 to coincide with the school's virtual graduation on June 11.
The school is highlighting one student below who represents the achievements of the entire graduating class.
Luismel Roquete
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Luismel Roquete arrived in the United States only four years ago and enrolled at Southwest Miami Senior High as an ESOL student. He will now be graduating in the top 3% of his class, and will also be attaining his associate's degree from Miami Dade College.
He was hired by the South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union after completing an internship, where he was part of a student team that created a winning software application called SmartCash. The app earned a finalist ranking at the 2019 National Lenovo Application Development program.
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Luismel has over 800 hours of community service and received top honors in his school's Academy of Finance and Banking.
He is the first member of his family to achieve his dream of an education and as he puts it, is “glad to be the test pilot — this way my younger cousin has a much steadier flight.” He looks forward to continuing his education.
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.
