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Pitbull showed his philanthropic side as he attended the ground-breaking ceremony for his new charter school, SLAM! Nevada, today in Henderson!

Armando has already opened a charter school in Little Havana, Miami called, SLAM!, and he is currently building SLAM! Jr. in Little Havana as well. In 2013, he got cleared to open up six more charter schools in Florida too.

SLAM! Nevada will open in August 2016 and so far it is expected to have over 700 kids enrolled. Visit the free-charter school’s official website here!

During the ground-breaking ceremony for SLAM! Nevada today, he spoke in front of the crowd which consisted of Henderson’s Mayor, a Henderson Public Charter Authority, SLAM! Foundation president and the future students of SLAM! Nevada! After he made his speech, he took the time to talk to and shake each-and-every student’s hand!

Watch this Periscope broadcast of Armando’s speech here!

Read what Pit had to say at the ground-breaking ceremony here!

Take a look at some photos and videos of Pit at the ground breaking ceremony below!

Earlier this month, Pitbull announced that he was going to open up a charter school near Las Vegas called SLAM! (Sports Leadership and Management). He has already opened up a charter school in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, also named SLAM!

Tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. PT, Armando will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for SLAM! Nevada. He will be joined by several guests including Debra March, Mayor Protem of Henderson, Marc Abelman, a member of the Nevada Public Charter Authority, Matthew Durham, the board chair of SLAM! Nevada and SLAM! Foundation president, Rene Ruiz.

The special groundbreaking ceremony will take place at the Russell Road Recreation Complex at 5901 E. Russell RD. in Henderson, next to where the school will be built.

For more information on SLAM! Nevada, click here.

(Source: RJ)