{"id":389607,"date":"2026-09-03T20:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389607\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:48:12","slug":"booker-t-washington-senior-high-school-awarded-100k-to-expand-spacehub-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389607\/","title":{"rendered":"Booker T. Washington Senior High School awarded $100K to expand SpaceHUB program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0September 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0September 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM<\/p>\n<p>Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Overtown was awarded $100,000 on Thursday to support its SpaceHUB program.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Overtown was awarded $100,000 on Thursday to support its <a href=\"https:\/\/news.dadeschools.net\/cmnc\/new\/36565\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/news.dadeschools.net\/cmnc\/new\/36565\">SpaceHUB program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/09\/03\/otorgan-100000-usd-a-booker-t-washington-senior-high-school-para-ampliar-programa-spacehub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/09\/03\/otorgan-100000-usd-a-booker-t-washington-senior-high-school-para-ampliar-programa-spacehub\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Space Hub program aims to help address the aerospace workforce gap, inspire students to pursue STEM studies and increase awareness of careers in science-related fields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The school is located at 1200 NW Sixth Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">State senators, representatives, students and Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Rafael Villalobos were on hand to discuss the importance of the new program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The funds will also support technology and equipment upgrades, renovations to the school\u2019s current planetarium and the development of state-of-the-art discovery and aerospace research labs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the future. So beyond today, which is powerful and amazing, and their incredible work, it is that character, those morals, those values that are being instilled in our children. And they\u2019re going to go out and lead our communities into a new frontier,\u201d said new Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Rafael Villalobos. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Isabella Martin\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/09e8bd89-5433-45a7-b775-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Isabella Martin<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Isabella Martin joined the reporting team at WPLG in July 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0September 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM Updated:\u00a0September 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM Booker T. 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