A student team from Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy (JMMAST) led by teacher Erica Henderson recently participated in a project to develop an advanced spectrometer processor chip with Dr. Adrian Tang of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.The development project, which is supported under NASA’s 2018-2021 Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program (APRA), seeks to develop an advanced spectrometer chip for space...

Valeria Bula graduated summa cum laude from Miami Lakes Educational Center’s Cambridge Journalism Program. She was accepted to many highly competitive universities, including Princeton, Georgetown and Emory. Bula chose to enroll at Yale University where she is a rising freshman. She was also accepted to their Emerging Leaders Summer Seminar. While there, she is beginning her coursework, but also participating in conferences and seminars. Bula...

Four students from Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) will have their artwork on display at the Miami International Airport for the art show, “From Rags to Riches-Fibers and Fabrics and Textiles, Oh My!” It will be on display through October 10. The students whose work will be on display are Maksim Almanza, Jocelyn Fonte, Samantha Gaina and Autumn Rosasza. SLE and art teacher Donna Harvey are very proud. Fonte is pictured with her art show entry.

The votes are in and Lawton Chiles Middle School (LCMS) won the Local 10 eARTh Day Art Contest. They announced the winner on April 22 which is Earth Day. LCMS received a surprise visit from Channel 10 and its news crew to announce the winner and award them with $4,500 to use toward art supplies.LCMS art students utilized their Cambridge Global Perspective theme of Migration to create a self-standing sculpture called “They Matter Too!”...

Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) bids a fond farewell to two highly proficient, talented and respected veteran teachers, Sharon Dames and Sharon Wallen who retired this past June. The teachers were surprised at an end of the year school retreat with a full day on the Ft. Lauderdale water taxi with stops along the way for unity games, food refuels, praise, songs and plaques for the retirees. At the end of the year, each grade-level celebrated...