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...

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...

Pace High School and the school’s Campus Ministry Department are currently working together to offer aid to storm victims throughout the Caribbean and the Keys after the recent impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Through partnership with the Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea in Key West and their organization called the SOS Foundation, Pace is currently collecting supplies and monetary donations that will directly assist the...