The Miami-Dade County School Board unanimously approved two items proposed by Board member Perla Tabares Hantman at its monthly meeting proclaiming April 2017 as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month,   endorsing April 23-39, as Administrative Professionals Week, and April 26, as Administrative Professionals Day. “As an advocate for children, the District is committed to providing a safe and nurturing learning environment for...

Students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Future Business Leaders of America traveled to Orlando as competitors and voting delegates to the FBLA State Leadership Conference and Competition on March 23-26. Students had qualified to attend the conference after winning several first and second place awards in the district competitions in February.At the conference, students competed in various business and career categories...

Horeb Christian School students will have Miami Lakes residents “walking down the lane with a happy refrain” when they perform Singin’ In The Rain Jr. Based on the 1952 movie of the same name, Singin’ In The Rain Jr. takes place in Hollywood during the last days of the silent movie era. The story follows Don Lockwood, one half of the blockbuster celebrity silent movie star “couple” Lockwood and Lamont,...

The administration and staff of Bob Graham Education Center celebrated several students for representing the school with excellence at the South Florida Science and Engineering Fair which was held in early February.The students in the middle school Bridge Competition earned first, second and third place out of all who competed in that category. First place went to Armani Estrada, second place to Ashley Pineda and third place to Cecilia...

Pace High School sent 26 students and three teachers on a field trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in early February. The students, along with Pace teachers Dr. George Rodriguez, Oscar Manriquez, and Andres Cabrera, arrived at the center early in the morning after a four-hour bus ride from Pace. Once there, they marveled at the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its dedicated museum, the Apollo museum which featured rockets from...