Student Award

Hello all,

Tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. Asa Carey, a Coconut Grove Elementary School 5th-grader will receive first prize for his entry in the 2011 Black History 3-5 Elementary School Essay Contest!!!!
 This is one of the MANY, MANY amazing opportunities for students in this school thanks to the new principal's efforts to put the students on the map - and another amazing win for the charity Asa Carey is a part of.
Asa Carey, 11, a resident of Coconut Grove is the President of the Joshua's Heart Foundation's (http://www.joshuasheart.org/) Junior Advisory Board, and as such wrote his essay on the wonderful work they do like, back packs full of food for kids, collecting clothes for orphans at His House orphanage in Miami Lakes and Thanksgiving food distributions.

Joshua's Heart Foundation was started by 10-year-old Joshua Williams when he was only five years old after seeing a program on starving children and he and his mother, Claudia McLean jumped in to do something locally to help. Joshua is Asa's best friend of five years since Asa Carey attended Fisher Island Day School, a prestigious private school where Asa Carey attended on academic scholarship since the tender age of six. Joshua's Heart has grown from a small food distribution to many varied fundraisers and distributions and contributions all over Miami-Dade County! Joshua and Claudia themselves cannot attend tonight because Joshua is receiving an award himself from Barry University! Congratulations again Joshua!! But Joshua will be present on Friday at 10 a.m. downtown in the school Board 1450 NE 2nd Ave during the 2011 Awards Reception and Ceremony and Black History Program!

Asa Carey has also gotten a perfect score on the Math portion of the SSATs this year, and a total score of 97% in the nation! He is a Gifted student at Coconut Grove Elementary School, an anchor in the Broadcasting program and most recently qualified for the school's Spelling Bee- which if he wins, will then compete in the Miami Herald Spelling Bee!

Congrats Coconut Grove Elementary School and Mrs. Marmesh and Dr. Lopez! Congratulations Joshua's Heart Foundation! Working together we are all winners!!
Asa Carey hopes we can all see you there!!!


Warmest Regards,

Yvonne Carey-Lederer