Goleman Senior High School student Rebecca Vega has a long history of academic achievement and her latest addition to the growing list is her recognition and invitation to receive the Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Award of Excellence at a conference held in Boston in June. This award is granted to those students who maintained a high GPA and are pursuing a career in medicine. Vega is a former Cambridge Academy student at Miami...

Mater Lakes Academy’s Health Occupation Students of America group recently competed in the 40th annual HOSA State Leadership conference in Orlando, where Sally Lu (pictured above) earned second place in the Knowledge Test and is headed to the national conference this summer in Washington D.C. HOSA is partnered with STEM Premier to provide members with the opportunity to apply for college scholarships for students who are seeking careers...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) was identified by the NAACP as one of only three standout school districts in its statewide Economic Development Report Card. The NAACP Florida State Conference examined the records of targeted cities, counties, school districts and private corporations statewide relative to their records on employment, advertising and spending with minority, women and veteran-owned businesses. The NAACP Florida...

Pace High School announced that 14 seniors of the Class of 2017 were accepted into the University of Florida. Pace seniors Larissa Alfonso, Nicole Diaz, McAlan Florestal, Katherine Gomez, Alexa Gonzalez, Alyssa Jean-Jacques, David Joseph, Alexandra Lopez, Allison Oddman, Lexie Perez, Vladimir Rochebrun, Ketshia Robillard, Andrew Sanchez, and Priscilla Velez were all accepted into the university.These 14 exceptional students met and surpassed...

The Miami-Dade City and County Management Association (MDCCMA), a professional association made up of city managers and administrators from all the municipalities in Miami-Dade County, met with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho at Miami Lakes Educational Center on March 17. The meeting was an opportunity for the city managers to discuss with the Superintendent ways in which local governments in the...