LTC 328-2019 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH REGOGNITION MIAMI_DADE COUNTY CMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO . L TC# 328-2019 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: J immy L. Morales , City Manager
DATE: June 6 , 2019
SUBJECT: CITY OF MIAMI BEACH RECOGNITION MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COUNCIL PTSA
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to provide information on the City of Miami Beach 's
recognition by the Miami-Dade County Council Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) as
the recipient of the Champion of Community Partner Award and Program of Impact Award
received at their annual gala held on May 18 , 2019. Each year, the Miami-Dade County Council
PTSA recognizes local PTSA units, volunteers and school site administrators that do incredible
things for their students and communities -advocating for everychild , onevoice .
Champion of PTSA Community Partner Award -This award recognizes a company, organizat ion
or association who has demonstrated outstanding comm itment and support to the visio n, miss ion ,
and the values of PTSA at a school site . The Miami Beach PTSA drafted the nomination and
wrote the following:
The City of Miami Beach (COMB) has been an important community partner to Miami
Beach Senio r High and all public schools that feed into the high school. Immediately after
the tragedy at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School , the city fully funded a Miami
Beach police officer at each public school. The officer has become an integral part of not
just the security but the total well-being of the student population . The city is so dedicated
to education that they have a committee with monthly meetings purely dedicated to it:
Quality Education Committee (QEC). Through the QEC, the city has assisted to not only
bring the International Baccalaureate program to all our schools , but to maintain it through
continuing education for our teachers. The city recently conducted a survey of residents
to determine what the residents felt was important, and then funded programs to prov ide
specific support. Examples of this support include bringing in tutors for math at our high
school , college prep programs , dual enrollment classes , mental health support counselors ,
and Anti-Defamation League No Place for Hate Community of Respect program
implementation , STEAM Plus (bringing local cultural institutions into the schools), and
more . They provide additional support to the elementary and middle schools that feed
into our school , thus ind irectly impacting our school. They listen to and address our needs
and are responsive .
Prog ram of Impact Award -This award is presented to a local PTSA unit who has made a positive
impact by providing an effective program or activity that brings families and communities togethe r.
The program or activity may include , but is not limited to , leg islation , environmental , health , etc ..
Th e Nautilus Middle School PTSA nominated the Teen Club Program for the excellent serv ices
they a re providing w it hin t he scho ol and w rot e th e fo llowing :
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The Teen Club Afterschool program sponsored in part by the City of Miami Beach All Stars
continues to be an essential cornerstone to the City's youth cultural and educational
development. This free program provides much needed assistance to working-class
parents giving them the opportunity to work, knowing that their children are in a safe
environment during peak afternoon hours. The curriculum provides various activities such
as homework help, dance, robotics , social skills classes and sport leagues .
We are proud of our efforts to support our public schools and improve opportunities for youth
within our community.
Should you have additional questions, please contact Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld or Cindy Casanova at
(305) 67;30. . 1/
JLM/EC/MT/JR/CC ~
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