Members of Pace High School’s Yearbook Club attended the Yearbookpalooza Summer Workshop in Orlando’s Hotel and Conference Center from July 17 to 19. This annual event was hosted by leading yearbook publisher Herff Jones where students received hands-on training in how to create innovative yearbook themes and designs. The students participated in photography workshops and learned tips on capturing all of the year’s...

Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho and Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) administrators and teachers participated in the fourth annual Synergy Summer Institute which provided training for over 700 principals, assistant principals and teachers from throughout the school district.The Synergy Summer Institute took place in early July for three days of professional development at Miami Jackson Senior High. The leadership teams...

The Pace High School Starlettes attended the National Dance Alliance (NDA) summer camp at the Westin Fort Lauderdale the week of July 17. The 4-day camp offered the team several days of technique training, team building and rigorous choreography sessions. In the end the Starlettes brought home numerous Superior awards and accolades in the areas of Showmanship, Technique and Spirit as well as receiving the title of Overall Camp...

Barbara Goleman Senior High School’s dance team, known as the Jewels, successfully completed a summer dance camp at the National Dance Alliance held in July where the team participated in training and competitions.

Local college students pursuing an agriculture career will be doing a lot of digging next semester.St. Thomas University’s School of Science, in collaboration with Florida International University, Miami-Dade College, and Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, has launched a new program, I-CATCH (Innovative Curriculum for Agriculture Training and Career for Hispanics, which trains students in agriculture, plants, herbs and other...