MAST Academy
U.S. Department
of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Dade County Public
School
Roger C. Cuevas
Superintendent
Consuelo V.
Domínguez
Principal
Robert P. Carskadon
Assistant Principal
February 26, 1998
Mr. Demetrio Perez
Jr., Vice Chair
Miami-Dade County
Public Schools
1450 Northeast
Second Avenue, Suite 700
Miami, Florida
33132
Dear Mr. Perez:
Enclosed is a copy
of Telling It Like A Native, a collection of oral history interviews
conducted by MAST Academy students over the last year and a half. Taken
together, the stories constitute a panorama of South Florida History -from the
early years of this century and the first boom periods of the 1920’s to life
in Overtown, Coral Gables, Miami, and Homestead in the fifties, sixties, and
seventies.
I am extremely
proud of our student’s collective effort. The success of Telling It Like A
Native has made me even more committed to providing unique opportunities for
student accomplishment. I predict that after flipping through just a few of
these pages, you will share my enthusiasm for a job well done.
Sincerely,
Consuelo V. Domínguez
Principal
CVD/bj
L084.98
Enclosure
cc: Lynn Paisley
3979 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149 • (305) 365-6278 • Fax
(305) 361-0996