The Miami-Dade County Public School Board unanimously approved two items proposed by Board Member Perla Tabares Hantman at a monthly meeting in April, including commemorating Cuban Independence Day and a national initiative honoring teachers.“Our school district joins thousands of Cuban-Americans in our community and throughout the world in celebrating May 20 as Cuban Independence Day, an important date in that country’s history...

On Saturday March 4,  Immaculate Conception Catholic High School held its 3rd Annual HavanaNights. This event is one of the major fundraisers for the school and this year the event sold out. Guests enjoyed a casino, great food, drinks, a live band, a silent auction and more. The school thanked all those that helped made the fundraiser a success including sponsors Bacardi, Vicky Bakery, Compass of Miami, Apollo Bank, Southern Wine and...

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School students Rafael De la Cova and Mariel Dorismond competed in the 77th annual Miami Herald/Scripps Spelling Bee at Jungle Island.De la Cova is a four time school winner and Dorismond won her first school’s Spelling Bee competition to qualify to compete against 375 public and private school students from Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.The middle school winner and elementary school winner went...

Mater Lakes Academy had 23 students that competed at the Future Business Leaders of America’s State Leadership Conference. The FBLA SLC was held March 23-26 at the Hilton Orlando.“The students spent several weeks preparing for their state competition once they qualified after the district competition,” said Giovanni Lorenzo, FBLA sponsor. “It is gratifying to see their hard work pay off as they compete.”This is...

Four Mater Academy students finished in first place in their respective categories at the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) regional competition. First place winners were 12th grader Sheila Perez for Dental Terminology, 12th grade student Sally Lu for Transcultural Health, and 11th grade students Natalie Roque and Yilliam Elias for Forensic Medicine. In addition, 10th grade student Liliana Gonzalez finished in third place for...