When the new school year commences next week, Miami-Dade County Public Schools has assured the towns of Miami Lakes, Hialeah and Hialeah Gardens, through several agreements, that additional sworn police officers will be assigned to their schools to protect students and teachers from gun violence. Since the Stoneman Douglas High shooting massacre, which took the lives of 17 students and teachers, the fourth largest school district in...

  The Miami-Dade School Board tentatively approved a $5.2 billion budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, focusing its expenses on enhancing students’ education and ensuring school safety and the protection of pupils and teachers. The spending plan reduces central office spending and provides a fund balance that meets the state required minimum, which is a major feat since most the state’s increased funding is tied to...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) will be opening their doors to eager students on Monday, August 20, to begin the 2018-2019 school year.  The “Back-to-school Tool Kit” has been announced to give students and parents background on what they need to know for the upcoming school year. Information regarding attendance, after-school care, free and reduced-price meals, health, testing, transportation and more. The...

  On Tuesday, August 8, the Giving Gators non-profit organization, welcomed the new principal Dr. Manuel Sanchez III and new assistant principal Nora Bueno to Barbara Goleman Senior High School (BGHS). Giving Gators leader Daylin Garcia said, “We are thrilled to have Dr. Sanchez and Mrs. Bueno as the new administrators at BGHS and wanted to be the first to officially welcome them and let them know that the Giving Gators are ready...

  The Mater Lakes Academy Chess Club recently won a local competition, collecting its sixteenth trophy in scholastic tourneys in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in the past four years under coach J. Michael Saunders. The team is seeking to win additional competitions during the new school year, as Saunders expressed gratitude to his team for allowing him to coach them and competing against the best chess clubs in Florida. “This is...