Students at Felix Varela High win contest to name MiamiDade Sheriff’s Office new horse
Mar 17, 2025
A South Florida school was named the winner of a horse name game by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Felix Varela High School in Miami was chosen as the winner of a contest to name the sheriff’s office’s new horse.
The horse will now be known as Valor.
Felix Varela was one of nine sch
ools with Agri-Science programs that participated in the contest.
The winning students got an up close look at the horse to celebrate their victory.
“The definition of valor is to be a warrior, to be brave. The funny thing is I was educated by the students who named it that they felt that that’s who they are and what a wonderful way to bring that all right back together to the Office of the Sheriff,” said Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz.
The students enrolled at Felix Varela’s Agri-Science program were rewarded with plaques of valor. ...read more read less