On March 8, ASL Panthers, an Honors College student organization created at Florida International University (FIU), will be hosting an American Sign Language (ASL) Poetry Event at the Modesto Maidique Campus at 11200 S.W. 8 Street. This inclusive and equal communication access event involves volunteers from the deaf community performing poetry and acting in complete silence using ASL. Sharon Zajac, the president and founder of ASL...

 

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School has crowned its Spelling Bee champions for 2018. Jaela Mansell (left) won the title for the elementary school and Rafael de la Cova (right) is the Spelling Bee champ for the middle school. The two Cheetahs will compete in The Miami Herald Scripps Spelling Bee competition at Jungle Island in March.

  After earning her Master’s Degree in reading education from Nova Southeastern University, Tiffany Gomez never thought she’d be teaching her worst subject in school: Math. “I didn’t like math but because of it, I can relate to my students and understand their struggles,” she said. “Through reading and writing, you can express your feelings but math is concrete, you may not get it now but you will...

  Mater Lakes Academy’s (MLA) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students competed at their district competition on Friday, January 26. MLA’s FBLA chapter had 42 members place in their respective categories. “The students spent several weeks preparing for the district competition,” said Giovanni Lorenzo, FBLA sponsor. “It is gratifying to see their hard work pay off as they competed, and it shows in...

  Bob Graham Educational Center (BGEC) celebrated National Literacy Week January 22-26. Students at BGEC participated in many activities to celebrate the joys of reading during this time. Although BGEC has had similar book parades in the past, this is the school’s first time commemorating this educational holiday.  Literacy Week is celebrated throughout the district and is sponsored by Just Read, Florida! and the Florida...