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Homestead Senior High School, under new principal Samuel J. Louis, is reaching out to the Homestead-South Dade community for assistance in funding a tour to five Florida colleges for 40 seniors.
The tour, which is scheduled for Mar. 19-21, includes the University of Florida, Santa Fe College (Alachua), Florida State, Florida A&M and the University of Central Florida and marks the first college tour in the school’s 45-year history.
“A college trip like this, as you can imagine, is a pivotal step to ensure that our students are equipped with the resources and information they need — and don’t have access to — to continue their educational journey,” Louis said. “With 90 percent of our graduating class being first generation college students — and the first in their lineage to pursue post-secondary education — we believe it is in the best interest of the entire community to support these outstanding young men and women, who have the GPA (grade point average) but are not able to pay out-of-pocket for a trip like this.”
Heading up the program for Homestead Senior is Michelle Conde, College and Career Club sponsor.
“Currently 95 percent of our current students qualify for free or reduced lunch and our school is unequivocally a home away from home for all of our students, especially the at-risk-youth we serve so dearly,” Conde said. “The goal of the trip is to expose our young adults to the many post-secondary options that Florida can offer them in order to encourage their success when applying to colleges. The long-term goal is that these students pay their success forward and bring it back to Homestead to continue enriching the community. Thus, this is a long-term investment for our community that will definitely pay dividends for everyone.”
Total cost for the three-day trip is nearly $13,000. So far the school — through chocolate bar sales and other activities — has raised approximately $5,500. This total includes a $1,000 donation from the Kiwanis Club of Homestead-South Dade, one of South Florida’s most active community service organizations.
“We think it is important to support efforts like these,” said Kiwanis president Arnold Perez.
“This is not just an investment in these students but in the future of the Homestead-South Dade area. This is why we have chosen not only to support Homestead Senior High in this effort but are asking for the support of our fellow community service organizations and the entire community.”
According to Conde, “With the contribution of the community, the Homestead-South Dade area will be providing an opportunity our students only dreamed of. Donors will be reiterating the support, belief and faith our community has in our local students and help them inch one step closer to graduation, and, more importantly, the possibilities beyond.”
Tax-deductable donations to the Homestead Senior High School College and Career Club College Tour can be made by contacting Principal Louis at 786-920-5017 or Conde at 305-338-4233.
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