Miami-Dade County Public Schools is accepting applications to its Magnet programs for the 2020-2021 school year.Applications will be accepted until Jan. 15.Students may choose from 384 programs offered at 114 schools across the district.Magnet programs offer unique studies that focus on students’ special interests, talents, and abilities, at all grade levels.Programs include gaming design and animation; business innovation; botany; financial...

Rakia Walker briefly traded the drama of theater for the spectacle of politics last summer.The Barbara Goleman Senior High School graduate interned last summer for Miami-Dade CountyCommissioner Barbara Jordan.She landed the job through Jordan’s Summer Youth Internship Initiative, and grew from a shy bystander to someone who helped make positive changes in her community.Walker, 18, of Miami Gardens is a freshman at Nova Southeastern...

South Florida children know the devastation a storm can bring. After Hurricane Dorian destroyed parts of The Bahamas on Labor Day weekend, students from at least two schools gathered supplies to send to our neighbors in that country. Photos are courtesy of the schools.

Town council members and state Sen. Manny Diaz, Jr., R-Palm Springs North, toured area schools in September to celebrate state ratings achieved during the 2018-2019 school year.
Officials visited Miami Lakes K-8 Center; Miami Lakes Educational Center; Barbara Goleman Senior High; Bob Graham Education Center and Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High.

Photos: School Board of Miami-Dade County, courtesy.

Teacher planning days -- when schools are closed to students -- can be every parent’s nightmare.To alleviate that stress, the town is offering camps to occupy kids on those days, in partnership with the YMCA.On Oct. 9, Oct. 25, Nov. 4, Nov. 11 and Nov. 27, kids will be offered enrichment programs that include sports; health and wellness programs; games; arts and crafts; tutoring and other recreational activities.To register a child to attend...