2nd PLACE WINNER
Nicole Torek

3rd PLACE WINNER
Jessie Gershater

HONORABLE MENTION
Angela Skidmore
John Guerro
Samantha Smith
Fabian Sanders
Jeanie Wilkins
Raven Jaynes
Jada Williams
Erica Odewami

Director’s List – All A’s
Allision Burnett
Kyle Burnett
Kevin Halpern
Khadija Holmes
Neah Lowe
Richard Skidmore
Daniel Tacher
Aaron Williams

Principal’s List – All A’s & 1 B+ or B
Kyla Andrews
Sheldon Chimilio
Moses Frazier
Yukun Fu
Marc Halpern
Gabriella McIntosh
Ryan McKinzie
Donald Smith
Helton Sutherland
Edward Wallace
Winston White

Headmaster’s Honor Roll – A’s & B’s
Terry Anderson
Nickholas Butler
John Guerrero
Hanna Kahan
Erica Odewumi
Rania Pringle
Drew Rattray
Angela Skidmore
Samantha Smith
Natasha Sutherland
Jesse Torres
Jeanie Wilkin

Grades 3-6
Latajah Allen
Keondre Andrews
Ezra Bharath
Caleb Brack-Shaw
J’Bari Brack-Shaw
Daeqwan Butler
Ryan Delgado
Thaddeus Drigo
DeMone Francis
Zaquoy Gayle
Caroline Griffiths
Burthland Hall
Timothy Jackson
Carl LaMartiniere
Dasheny Monestime
Richard Morin
Blake McBride-Gray
Cameron Richards
Kenton Roy
Rhea Sampson
Zachary Smiley
Elijah Smith
David Wedderburn
Samuel Wedderburn
Jeremiah Wood
Jada Yant

Honorable Mention
Devina Bailey
Kathryn Bailey
Ranaya Binns
Trezher Bostic
Aaron Cosby
Shannel Durrant
Russell Gaskin
Jessie Gershater
Makayyah Grant
Stephanie Halpern
J-Nesha James
Michael Kenny
Rochelle Key
Mackenzie Knox
Lionel Pierre
Rasheed Robinson
Rosalyn Sealey
Tyrie Singletary
Linval Smith
Madeline Weaver
Jada Williams

Growing out of a study of slavery and the abolition of international sales of human beings 200 years ago, students at Fort Lauderdale Prep launched an intensive study of human trafficking which is still going on in the world.  According to State department estimates, 600,00 to 800,000 people are trafficked across national borders each year.

These students first attended a special showing of the movie, “Amazing Grace” which told the story about human bondage and one man’s twenty year effort to end it and was the inspiration for the well-known hymn.   This was followed by intensive research on the subject, the beginnings of a fund raising drive to aid in ending this ugly practice, the development of a 10’ by 15’ mural , and an assembly featuring notables from agencies concerned about the problem.

Lauding the class’ accomplishments, articles and photographs of our FLPS students with their projects were published in the Sun-Sentinel (click to view). An additional accolade came with an insert into the 110th Congressional Record (click to view) by Congressman Ron Klein, from Florida.  Praising the efforts of these FLPS students,  Klein commended these students “on their efforts to raise awareness on this issue and their passion and motivation are worthy of emulation.”

Also, the United States State Department and the U.S. Department of Education have become interested in this project, planning to forward pictures of the mural to other agencies and countries all over the world. Secretary of State Condoleza Rice was told about our project and said “Fort Lauderdale Preparatory School is a Star School.”

FLPS has also earned the President’s Volunteer  Service Award (click to view) by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation (click to view). The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking (click to view) has recognized the student’s generosity (click to view).

The work of this class and the end result of this study is a wonderful example of what education is all about.