Deering Hospital and Doral Palms Hospital recently honored 15 students from Miami Palmetto Senior High School during the "A Diamond In The Rough" recognition luncheon.

The students showed marked improvements in the classroom during this past school year. Each of the students received a U.S. Savings Bond complements of Sofisa Bank of Florida. Pictured (front center) are: Jude Torchia, chief executive officer of Deering Hospital, and Millie Fornell, principal of Miami Palmetto Senior High School. Joining them are the honored students (front row, l-r): Adam Rabb, Gregory Wasmuth, Giselle Diaz-Silveria, Cameo Lee-Rodrigues, Genevieve Hutcheson, Cesar Ramirez and Daniel Chicola; (back row) Jesse Jackson, John Foley, Lee Chin and Jamie Luss. Not pictured are Humberto Guerrero, Vernon Kelson, Reynaldo Martinez, Skye Poe and Kelly Shaw.