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Photo Credit: Richard Alvarez
MIAMI - The Miami HEAT held an end-of-year celebration for 300 HEAT Academy students at AmericanAirlines Arena on May 14th, 2015. The afternoon consisted of a carnival-style event with food, fun, and excitement. During the festivities, Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Foundation presented a check in the amount of $160,000 to the Florida Prepaid College Foundation for scholarships benefiting HEAT Academy students. Fifteen fifth-grade HEAT Academy students have become eligible for a Carnival Scholarship, which matures in 2022, the fifth-grade class’ expected graduating year. This marked the 13th consecutive year that Carnival has funded the scholarships, and during this time the company has purchased 195 scholarships with a total value of more than $2.