Knights in silver armor

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Last year, alumnus Sabrina Lin won the Silver Knight award in the art category. (Photo/Miami Herald)

Every year, high-achieving students who excel in community service apply to be nominated for the Miami Herald Silver Knight awards. Here are the AHS nominees for the 2018-2019 Silver Knight awards:

 

Art – Joel Barnes

Athletics – Alena Lindh

Digital & Interactive Media – Makenna Boose

Drama – Gabriela Coutinho

English & Literature – Olivia Lloyd

General Scholarship – Shayaan Subzwari

Journalism – Emily Irigoyen

Math – Jared Cohen

Music & Dance –  Rayyan Merchant

Science – Rishab Jain

Social Science – Claudia Bermudez

Speech – Emma Quarequio

Vocational Tech – Daniela Velez

World Languages – Mikhal Ben-Joseph

 

The Silver Knight awards ceremony will be held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami May 16.

Joanne is a senior at American Heritage School in Plantation, Fla. As a third-year staffer and second-year editor-in-chief, she loves immersing herself in the journalistic field and writing for her publications. Outside of newspaper, Joanne is also co-president of the English Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta math honor society, where she also serves as the student delegate state secretary. Among the other clubs she is a part of, Joanne is also secretary of the linguistics team and Chinese Honor Society, as well as treasurer for Quill and Scroll. In her free time, Joanne loves practicing her photography and going to concerts.