Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) will resume classes later this month on August 20. Students are expected to complete their summer reading assignments for their first day back to school. With school beginning in just three weeks, below is a list of local school’s required reading assignments. Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) requires all grades to complete a PDF file of books assigned to each class. The book...

  Miami-Dade County Public School Division of Academics held its annual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Scholars Banquet in late May. Bob Graham Education Center students Alejandro Fernandez, Roberto Martinez and Valentin Velazco-Pryce were recognized for representing the district, state and country for their abilities in VEX IQ robotics.   During the robotic season, they won the Excellence...

  With school fast approaching, here are eight things students need to know before getting ready for the first day back.  1. Time Management. You just spent a whole summer mainly watching Netflix, eating and sleeping for 12 hours. Your time management might be a little warped by now, but school is not the time to test how long you can go playing Fortnite without stopping. School actually requires you to go to school for eight hours...

  Miami Lakes K-8 Center was among eight elementary schools from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Orange counties recognized as Everglades Champion Schools for 2018 by the Everglades Foundation. The school was chosen by the Foundation after teachers and students participated in a series of events including creating fundraising initiatives to Everglades-focused field trips and projects; encouraging Everglades-focused research for...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s (Pace) senior David Barbier has returned home after a 12-day trip to West Africa’s Republic of Ghana with the Nyah Project Fellowship. The Nyah Project organization, whose core belief is that “Travel Awakens Leaders,” offered Barbier and 11 other diverse high school students from the South Florida area the opportunity to travel to Ghana in an effort to cultivate stronger...