The Florida Marlins are set to kick off Marlins@School presented by Bank of America week starting Thursday, May 19 through Friday, May 20. For the ninth consecutive year, Marlins players, coaches and broadcasters will visit participating classrooms in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to meet with students. During the visits, students will showcase a special presentation about using the Marlins@School presented by Bank of America online program in their classrooms to the Marlins representatives. During the event, the Marlins will visit a total of 12 South Florida classrooms.
Marlins@School presented by Bank of America is an online curriculum-enhancing teaching instrument that assists educators in teaching Florida’s required standards on the following subjects: Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Physical Education, and Geography. All five web-based chapters comply with FCAT requirements and are centered on four of the 2011 Marlins players as well as the manager Edwin Rodriguez.
This downloadable program is designed to enrich the education of children by using the excitement and relevance of baseball as an additional teaching method. The program is available at no cost to all teachers and is accessible through the official Marlins@School website, http://www.marlinsatschool.com
Four Marlins players have supported different lessons featured in the program, including: Chris Coghlan, Josh Johnson, Hanley Ramirez, and Chris Volstad. Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez has also been featured as part of the lesson plans.
Paton Publishing, located in Toronto, Canada, produced, created and implemented the Marlins@School program in conjunction with the Florida Marlins.
School visits are not open to the public.
Media interested in covering any of the school visits must contact Carolina Perrina, Marlins Director of Business Communications, for further details and proper arrangements.
A complete schedule of classroom visits is attached. The schedule is subject to change.
THURSDAY, MAY 19
TIME SCHOOL ADDRESS TEACHER MARLINS PERSONNEL
10:30am Miami Lakes 14250 NW 67 Avenue Carmen Morales Helms, Johnson, St. Claire
K-8 Center Miami Lakes
10:30am Kensington Park 711 NW 30 Avenue Elizabeth Martinez Sanches, Dunn
Elementary School Miami
11am Eugenia B.Thomas 5950 NW 114 Avenue Grace Palomino Infante, Mujica
K-8 Center Miami
11am Boulevard Heights 7201 Johnson Street Connie Gwaltney Stanton,Nolasco,
Elementary School Hollywood Hill
11am Tradewinds 5400 Johnson Road Sherry Copeland Webb,Cornelius,Espada
Elementary School Coconut Creek Hyde, Geffner
11:30am Holmes 1175 NW 67th Street Ana Byrd Vazquez,Bonifacio,Martinez
Elementary School Miami
FRIDAY, MAY 20
TIME SCHOOL ADDRESS TEACHER MARLINS PERSONNEL
10:30am Coconut Creek 500 NW 45th Avenue Marta Van Sciver Volstad, Murphy
Elementary School Coconut Creek
10:30am Coral Cove 5100 SW 148th Avenue Brenda Davis Ramirez, Nunez, Buck,
Elementary School Miramar Mallee, Minervini
10:30am Citrus Grove 2121 NW 5th Street Onekia Coney G Sanchez, Rodriguez
Elementary School Miami
10:30am Ernest R Graham 7330 W 32nd Avenue Anna Harris A Sanchez, Dobbs
Elementary School Hiaelah
11:30am Miami Springs 51 Park Street Karen Rubio Hensley, Choate, Badenhop
Elementary Miami Springs
11:30am Olsen Middle School 330 SE 11th Terrace Jennifer Halter Coghlan, Morrison, Hayes,
Dania Beach Cousins