Oklahoma Sooners football team participates in community service at Miami-Dade elementary school

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ The University of Oklahoma football team is in Miami to serve the South Florida community.

The Sooners began a beautification project for Scott Lake Elementary School on Monday, painting, landscaping, and renovating the science lab.

In addition, they were participating with Miami-Dade County Public Schools in a water safety education program.

That is in addition to mentoring and encouraging students to attain academic excellence.

The football players will also create a Wishing Well Team Huddle to motivate fifth graders to take the state science assessment.

Soul Mission is the teamā€™s community engagement program, created by Head Coach Brent Venables, it stands for Serve Our Uncommon Legacy to help build uncommon men that will change the world.


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David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007.