Benjamin Matza Award Recipients
Congratulations to the students who received the Benjamin Matza Award at the Middle School Academic Awards Ceremony on September 18th. This award was instituted in 2005 in memory of Benjamin Matza who was a stellar student and strived to live out the Magis.
This is the highest Academic Award given in Middle School. It is presented to students who, at the conclusion of 8th grade, were in the top 5 percent of their class.
“The Benjamin Matza Award recipients exemplify the Ignatian ideal of the Magis, always doing the more,” said Patricia Bustamante, Assistant Principal of the Middle School. “I am incredibly proud of these young men and wish them continued success in high school.”
The recipients from the Class of 2028 were:
- Bruno de la Vega
- Victor Carsten Galliano
- Ryan Michael Garcia
- Ariel Eduardo Gutierrez
- Kevin Michael Llau
- David Ricardo Martinez
- Ricardo Antonio Teran
- Michael Alexander Zaharewicz
- Nicholas Gabriel Zaharewicz
Click here to view the photo album from the Middle School Academic Award Ceremony.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.