Dr. Yvette de la Vega graduated from Monsignor Edward Pace High School in 1995 and went on to earn her Bachelors of Science in Education from the University of Miami. She then continued her academic work and received a Masters of Science in English Education from Nova Southeastern University. Upon having her Masters degree, De la Vega’s biggest educational dream and goal was still to obtain her Doctorate in Education. Throughout...

As proposed by Board Member Perla Tabares Hantman, the Miami-Dade School Board unanimously voted to endorse both the 2017 “Welcome Back to School” Safety Flyer for distribution during the first week of school, and International “Walk to School Day.”“For the past several years the Community Traffic Safety Team has developed a school flyer containing safety messages that promote student traffic safety at the...

As proposed by Board Member Maria Teresa Rojas, the School Board recognized the 2017 Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County (YCWMDC) Poster and Essay Contest Winners. YCWMDC, a program of Citizens’ Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County, Inc., joined forces with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) in 1979 to educate young people about crime prevention, public safety, and school and community pride. Since its inception, more than 800,000...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center eighth grade Language Arts teacher Virnalis Arvelo treated her top writers to dinner at Shula's 2, as she does every year to the students who achieve a perfect writing score on the Florida Standards Assessment. “I’m so proud of all my students and their hard work, I was speechless and overcome with emotion when I counted 26 perfect writing scores,” said Arvelo. “That's a record! I started...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) students, teachers, schools and programs wrapped up the 2016-2017 school year with an impressive array of honors and achievements. For the first time since the State began issuing school performance grades in 1999, there is not a single district-managed “F” school in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, according to school performance grades released by the Florida Department of...