The Miami-Dade County Publilc School Board unanimously approved an agenda item proposed by Board member Perla Tabares Hantman to endorse November 16 as “National Parental Involvement Day.”This initiative provides an annual opportunity for schools and families to honor and highlight the powerful contributions parents and caregivers provide at school and home to support student success. “I am proud to have been able to...

Twenty-one Pace High School juniors and seniors traveled to six Florida state universities for the annual Pace College Campus Tours. This unique experience, currently in its fourth year, offered current Pace students the chance to preview potential college options within the state. The group toured the University of South Florida, Florida Gulf Coast University, University of Florida, Florida State University, University of North Florida...

As a result of Hurricane Irma, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) had to cancel seven days of school in September. Even with the loss of the seven instructional days, the District exceeds the minimum instructional hours required by the state in order to participate in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP).However, the loss of instructional time resulted in impacts to student learning and therefore adjustments to the school...

Mater Lakes Academy began a Health Services Academy five years ago, with two Health Services classes. The students enrolled in the class would become CPR and First Response trained, under the direction of firefighters Christopher Wydra, Hialeah Fire Department, and Nicolas Wydra and Ron Piel, Miramar Fire Department.Over the years the program grew from two classes to seven the following year, and enrollment continues to grow and has now...

The Bob Graham Education Center family wished faculty member Dolores Pulles a lovely extended vacation…a/k/a retirement! Pulles joined the administrative team for lunch in late September and she was presented with a glass apple on behalf of the Bobcat family highlighting and thanking her for her 19 years of service to the students of M-DCPS. “We will truly miss her, especially the adorable children she works with so closely in...