Miami-Dade teacher makes history as first GRAMMY winner in district

For the first time in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) history, a teacher has taken home a GRAMMY.

Community members were impressed just last October, when local high schoolers became GRAMMY semifinalists. Now, we have a winner.

After 19 years leading the band program at South Miami Senior High School, Jennifer Jimenez has been named a GRAMMY Award winner, emerging from a field of more than 2,000 instructors nationwide and earning national recognition for her work in music education…

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