Miami Lakes resident Francis A. Zamora has been named to the Dean’s List at Boston University for the Fall semester. Each school and college at Boston University has their own criterion for the Dean’s List, but students generally must attain a 3.5 grade point average, or be in the top 30 percent of their class, as well as a full course load as a full time student.

An elite group of students from Bob Graham Education Center participated in the 2017 Science and Engineering Fair and the SECME Olympiad at Miami Dade College North Campus in early February. The participants were fourth grader Alecxavier Estrada, fifth grader Adrianna Leal, sixth grader Sofia Gervan, seventh grader Morgan Knight, and eighth graders Sofia Dubon and Naomi Rodriguez. In the bridge category, eighth graders Armani Estrada, Ashley...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been included in GettingSmart.com’s Smart List: “30 School Districts Worth Visiting.”  The online information source identifies M-DCPS as one of “30 districts that are changing the trajectory of both education and their communities by working on blended, personalized and competency-based learning.”The District’s use of data to drive minority achievement...

The more students move, the more points are earned. That’s the basis of the UNICEF program taking place at Spanish Lake Elementary where students were selected by scholastic achievement to participate in the Kid Power Program.Each student is given a fitness band from UNICEF which is linked to a tablet in their classroom which tracks steps taken as well as the progress in other schools which have been selected to participate in this...

Dressed as The Cat in the Hat, the First Lady of Miami Lakes, Melissa Cid visited the students at Bob Graham Education Center on March 2 for Read Across America Day, a day that celebrates reading and the birthday of Dr. Seuss. The National Education Association put forth this initiative to encourage annual reading and awareness that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading. Cid visited selected classes to read Dr. Seuss...