| May 2008 |
| - On Saturday, Hector Echemendia (Class of 2007) and his college team, Southeastern University, won the Christian College World Series. The best part of the story is that Echie, himself, hit the game winning (Championship-winning) hit for the win. How about that ? He called Coach Benitez right after the game and thanked him for giving him the opportunity. He told him that he was already a champion, because he is a LASALLE ROYAL LION. He whole heart ably agreed with him. "Tell LaSalle that my hit was for them." |
| - Click the link to visit the site where the ILS Miami-Dade PDA winners are: http://www.miamidade.gov/mpo/m10-pips-psa.htm |
- The 2008 Signum has limited ad space available in the form of 5 color and 3 black and white full pages. The cost of a full black and white page is $185.00. The cost of a full color page is $325. Business ads are welcome. Personal ads are limited to 9 pictures for the full page. Please include original pictures (prints or disc) and text. We design the layout. Thank you, Signum Staff |
- Baseball News: Victor Gomez (Class of '07) just was named Conference USA Hitter of the Week. He went 8 for 12 last weekend vs. Alabama Birmingham, 2 HRs (one Grand Slam). This is very rare occasion of a powerful Division I baseball Conference naming a freshman player for this particular award. Victor is currently the 5th leading hitter in Conference USA. Also, Hector Echemendia (Class of '07) went 2 for 3, including a Home Run, in the Championship game for the South Region. Echie's team, Southeastern University Fire, is now in the College World Series.
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- The sactuary candle buring in the school chapel is in honor of the class of 1972. |
- The Miami-Dade county public schools, in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition’s Creative Writing Department, the regional affiliate of the Scholastic Writing Awards has awarded Senior Louise Mendes 3rd place for her short story “The Wolf”. She qualifies for the national competition which will be held in June, 2008. |
- The Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the agency responsible for transportation planning in Miami-Dade County, in conjunction with the Government Information Center (GIC) hosted its 5th Annual Public Service announcement (PSA) Contest where three student producers are deemed winners.
This year’s contest focused on promoting “Pedestrian Safety” and there were almost 50 applicants from various Miami-Dade County High Schools and Colleges. Last year Miami Senior High School students staked their claim in the 4th Annual PSA contest with two winners. This year Immaculata-La Salle High School flipped the script with two students placing in the top three: Samuel Gervais, a sophomore, and Melissa Grafton, a sophomore. The third winning PSA was submitted by Jose Rodriguez, a senior from Miami Senior High School. These students will be honored during a special ceremony prior to the MPO Governing Board meeting and their videos will be aired for one month each on Miami-Dade TV beginning this month.
For additional information regarding this Ceremony, please call the MPO at (305) 375-4507 or visit our website at www.miamidade.gov/mpo. |
| April 2008 |
| The Track team had four members compete in the State competition. |
| The Boys Doubles Tennis team of, Mario Samson (10) and Santiago Nieto (12), have won the overall doubles tournament and are state champions. |
| March 2008 |
Tyler Greenspahn, freshman, was the recipient of the Miami Herald Neighbors/Miami Heat Academic Honor. This award is given for sportsmanship in athletics and academics. |
| Immaculata-La Salle High School is proud to announce that sophomore Daniel Ducassi has qualified for and will be competing in the National Forensic League’s 2008 Desert Lights Nationals Competition in Las Vegas this June. Ducassi will compete in the International Extemporaneous Speaking category. |
| Senior Alex Machado, was named a finalist in a short film competition by the Miami Coalition for the Homeless and the Miami International Film Festival. |
| Here is a list of colleges the Class of 2008 has been accepted to so far: UF FIU FSU UCF USF FGCU FAU UWF University of Miami Boston College Babson Catholic University Penn State Loyola Univ. Chicago Western New England St. John's Elon Emerson Barry Miami International University of Art and Design Johnson and Wales Indiana University West Virginia Nova Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale Purdue University of South Carolina Auburn Springhill University of Tampa St. Louis Johnson and Wales Providence St. Thomas University of Colorado at Boulder Tulane Marywood University Franciscan University of Steubenville Suffolk Loyola University New Orleans University of Hartford Michigan State James Madison University |