Pace High students embark on three days of college tours

Education By Raquel Edmundson, Special to The Miami Laker Wednesday, October 18, 2017

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...

MDCPS Board revises school calendars

Education Wednesday, October 18, 2017

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...

EMT Program with Barry University launches

Education Thursday, October 5, 2017

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...

Five Pace students awarded Jorge Lopez grants

Education By Raquel Edmundson, Special to The Miami Laker Thursday, October 5, 2017

On Friday, September 1, five students from Pace High School gathered on campus at the Dante Navarro Religious Education Center and Chapel for the second annual mass and award reception to celebrate the recipients of the 2017 Jorge Luis Lopez Esq. Family Foundation Scholarship.The winners of this year’s scholarship were seniors Leticia Saladrigas and Joshua Toledo, junior David Anthony Barbier Jr., sophomore Gaetan Jeudy, and freshman...
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