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...

Applications are now being accepted through April 15 for the U.S. Naval Academy Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Program.The program is held in three sessions: June 5-10 for rising 9th graders; June 12-17 for rising 10th graders; and June 19-23 for rising 11th graders.The Summer STEM program is an overnight academic program that gives students an opportunity to experience real-life applications of math and...

February was a “great month” for a group of students at Miami Lakes Middle School. The 98 students achieved their goal when they met the requirements for the “I-ROCK, I READY” incentive program, completing at least 250 minutes of instructional activities with an overall performance of 75 percent or above on a monthly basis. On March 3, the students were rewarded, during a ceremony, with a Certificate of Recognition,...

For the past several years, Pace High School has offered its STEM First Responder EMT Academy to its students in conjunction with Barry University. The program is a four-year track designed to help students who want to pursue a job as a paramedic and prepare them for pre-med and medical school. After learning health science in their freshman year and anatomy and physiology in their sophomore year, academy students take Emergency Medical...