Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) will add four new Distinguished Academies to its existing 12 Distinguished NAF Career Academies. Hialeah Gardens Senior High School added its Academy of Finance (AOF) and Academy of Hospitality (AOHT) to its other three themed Distinguished Academies, making it the first Miami-Dade high school as well as the first in the NAF network to earn this prestigious distinction for all five NAF Academy themes. The Academy of Hospitality & Tourism (AOHT) at John A. Ferguson and the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) at William H. Turner Technical Arts Senior High School also achieved Distinguished status. Read more
M-DCPS’ award-winning NAF Academies for 2018 are as follows:
| SCHOOL | ACADEMY THEME | AWARD |
| Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Barbara Goleman Senior High School | Finance | Model |
| Hospitality & Tourism | Model | |
| Booker T. Washington Senior High School | Finance | Model |
| Coral Gables Senior High School | Finance | Distinguished |
| Coral Reef Senior High School | Finance | Distinguished |
| G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School | Information Technology | Distinguished |
| John A. Ferguson Senior High School | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Hialeah Gardens Senior High School | Engineering | Distinguished |
| Finance | Distinguished | |
| Health Sciences | Distinguished | |
| Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished | |
| Information Technology | Distinguished | |
| Homestead Senior High School | Hospitality & Tourism | Model |
| Miami Beach Senior High School | Hospitality & Tourism | Distinguished |
| Miami Central Senior High School | Information Technology | Distinguished |
| Miami Edison Senior High School | Finance | Model |
| Miami Jackson Senior High School | Finance | Model |
| Miami Lakes Educational Center | Health Sciences | Distinguished |
| Information Technology | Distinguished | |
| Miami Springs Senior High School | Hospitality & Tourism | Model |
| Miami Sunset Senior High School | Engineering | Model |
| Finance | Model | |
| Hospitality & Tourism | Model | |
| Information Technology | Model | |
| North Miami Senior High School | Finance | Model |
| Robert Morgan Educational Center | Hospitality & Tourism | Model |
| Southwest Miami Senior High School | Finance | Distinguished |
| William H. Turner Technical Senior High School | Finance | Model |
| Information Technology | Distinguished |
