Pace High School’s Thespian Society and Theatre Academy Program students returned home with an assortment of awards following their participation in the 2019 Florida State Thespian Festival held from March 20 to 23. This was the 12th year that PACE’s Troupe 5457 attended the festival in Tampa. Five individual competitors earned Superior awards, first place in a variety of categories, senior Melissa Alvarez and sophomore Isabella Cardoso for...

Pace High School (PACE) senior and Miami Lakes resident Vanessa Perez-Robles has been named one of the first 100 recipients of Amazon’s Future Engineer Scholarship Program. Perez-Robles, who will be attending Dartmouth College in the fall, will receive a $10,000 scholarship renewable for up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned. In addition to the scholarship, Amazon has also offered her a paid software engineering internship...

On March 2 the Jose Marti team competed at the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition held at Miami Springs Senior High. They competed in problem three and finished in first place. Odyssey of the Mind is an intense problem solving international competition club. There are five long term problem categories where students build machines, engineering structures, paint and create masterpieces and perform a skit with props, costumes, music and...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK-8) middle school students participated in the South Florida Science and Engineering Fair on January 26. The students submitted poster projects and earned awards for their efforts. Two excellent medals were given to Jayden Sanchez and Solace Tobar and five Honorable Mention medals were announced at the awards ceremony in February at Miami Dade College North's Science Complex. Pictured, (top row, from left) Jayden...

A group of Barbara Goleman High students recently competed in the Ten80 Education STEM state competition taking first place in the racing competition and finishing second overall. Ten80 Education is a team of STEM, education and business professionals dedicated to cultivating a STEM Ecosystem that unites and inspires the next generation to entrepreneurial thinkers and innovators empowering all student to thrive in a world of constant...