Miami Lakes K8 Center's team of present and future coders, Armando Diaz and Daniel Simeon, won first place in the Mobile App Competition at the Innov@te Career and Technical Education Challenge December 1, at Miami Dade College. They competed not only against middle schools, but also high schools, and came out on top.

Ray Parris, Hialeah Miami Lakes (HML) Digital Media and Entrepreneurship teacher, has been named Miami Dade County Public School North Region Teacher of the Year. Parris’ teaching career spans over 20 years at middle school, high school and community college levels. At HML, Parris has created a unique, experiential classroom through project-based learning, challenging his students to take ownership of their own progress and their future. ...

Students, faculty and staff at Monsignor Edward Pace (PACE) enthusiastically prepared to celebrate the Christmas season this month. As the students arrived to school in late November, they began to spread holiday cheer throughout campus by trimming Christmas trees, hanging garland and setting up Nativity scenes.In early December PACE employees were invited to bring their own children or grandchildren to the school’s annual Tykes Christmas...

Mater Lakes high school teacher Michelle Alonso has been awarded a Teacher and Librarian Scholarship to attend the Key West Literary Seminar, “Under the Influence: Archetype & Adaptation from Homer to the Multiplex.”Alonso joins 20 other teachers and librarians from 13 different states who have been chosen to receive financial aid packages totaling more than $22,000 to attend the 37th annual event January 10-13, 2019.During their attendance...

Monsignor Edward Pace (PACE) celebrated some of its brightest students as the school’s annual National Honor Society (NHS) Induction Ceremony took place on December 4.The traditional induction ceremony and dinner took place in the school’s Spartan Center where students were joined by family members, Pace administration, faculty and staff. A thorough selection process took place to identify current students in grades 10-12 with a 3.5 grade...