New this school year, Miami-Dade County Public School's (M-DCPS) Department of Food and Nutrition is providing an expanded after-school snack service, the Snack Plus program, at selected schools. This program is available through the Department of Health Child Care Food Program. Students participating in schools with the Snack Plus program will receive a nutritious, well-balanced snack with components from all major food groups including...

Miami-Dade County School Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman served as a panelist on transportation safety at the Safe Routes to Schools National Conference in Sacramento, California, in mid-August. The conference was sponsored by the National Center for Safe Routes to School and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and attracted 600 participants from around the nation. Hantman was featured on a panel titled “Maximizing...

On Tuesday August 20, all of the students of Mater Gardens Academy gathered together to celebrate the unveiling of a new street sign in honor of the school's mascot. Principal Lourdes Isla along with Carlos Fleites representing the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners unveiled the change from N.W. 178 Lane to Stingray Way. The proposal for the street name change came last school year and was announced to students for their vote on a...

Miami Lakes resident Elizabeth Acuña Nuevo, the owner and director of Artistic Dance Center in Doral, announced the opening of her second studio in Hialeah Gardens designed to serve Hialeah, Palm Springs North and Miami Lakes. “Last year we celebrated our 10th anniversary in Doral. Now we’re thrilled to be opening another studio,” said Nuevo. The Hialeah Gardens location is based in the former site of Ballet...

A group of international students hailing from various parts of the world has just arrived in South Florida for a year they will never forget. As part of Miami-Dade College's (MDC) International Education Exchange Program, these pupils will learn all about U.S. democracy, customs, culture, and develop leadership skills they will take back to their home countries.  The program, part of the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)...