2004-2005

Miami Heat Academy Initiative

Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School is proud to house the first Heat Academy in Miami-Dade County. The after-school program is the initiative of the Miami Heat basketball president. The purpose of the project is to provide additional supplementary time for 100 students in the areas of mathematics and reading.

The four teachers and four paraprofessionals work five days a week for two hours a day with the students. The children enjoy the theme driven activities and the guest presenters which are provided by the Miami Heat organization.

As a result of this initiative the students attendance and their progress in the basic areas have improved.

Miami Heat Extreme Team fires Up Dunbar Elementary students 

to do their best on the  FCAT

Dunbar Principal Marie Destin with The Miami Heat Extreme Team