Miami, FL – Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) will be adding seven new Distinguished Academies to its established list of Distinguished NAF career academies. M-DCPS leads the nation with a total of 45 Distinguished NAF career academies, more than any other district in the country.
Coral Gables Senior High Academy of Finance, Coral Reef Senior High Academy of Legal & Public Affairs, Miami Central Senior High Academy of Finance, Miami Springs Academy of Finance – Trade & Logistics, Miami Sunset Senior High Academy of Finance, North Miami Senior High Academy of Engineering, and Robert Morgan Educational Center Academy of Hospitality & Tourism join the ever-growing list of top performing programs in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
These schools have demonstrated that their programs perform at the highest level in preparing their students for college and careers. Earning the score for recognition as a Distinguished Academy shows the highest level of fidelity to the NAF career academy model that provides students access to industry-specific curricula, work-based learning experiences, and relationships with business professionals. These career academies are aligned with the One Community One Goal initiative targeting major industries that impact Miami’s economy.
Miami-Dade County’s award-winning NAF Academies for 2023 are as follows:
SCHOOL | ACADEMY THEME | AWARD |
Alonzo & Tracy Mourning | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
American Senior High School | Engineering | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
Barbara Goleman Senior High School | Finance | Distinguished |
Coral Gables Senior High | Finance | Distinguished |
Coral Reef Senior High | AgriScience | Distinguished |
| Engineering | Distinguished |
| Finance | Distinguished |
| Health Science | Distinguished |
| Legal & Public Affairs | Distinguished |
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School | Information Technology | Distinguished |
Hialeah Gardens Senior High School | AgriScience | Distinguished |
| Arts & Entertainment | Distinguished |
| Education | Distinguished |
| Engineering | Distinguished |
Finance | Distinguished | |
Health Science | Distinguished | |
Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished | |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
Law Studies | Distinguished | |
Homestead Senior High | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
John A. Ferguson | Education | Distinguished |
| Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
Miami Beach Senior High | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
Miami Central Senior High | Finance | Distinguished |
Miami Edison Senior High | Finance | Distinguished |
Miami Jackson Senior High | Finance | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
Miami Lakes Educational Center | Health Science | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
Miami Springs Senior High | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Finance (Trade & Logistics) | Distinguished |
Miami Sunset Senior High | Engineering | Distinguished |
| Finance | Distinguished |
| Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Model |
North Miami Beach Senior High | Finance | Model |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
North Miami Senior High | Engineering | Distinguished |
| Finance | Distinguished |
| Health Science | Distinguished |
Robert Morgan Educational Center | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
Southwest Miami Senior High | Finance | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
William H. Turner Technical High School | Finance | Distinguished |
| Health Science | Model |
