More than 350 Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ partners joined their principal counterparts in November to begin their day of service as “Principal TODAY.”Designed to build long-term business/school partnerships that benefit MDCPS students, the breakfast offers principals and business leaders the opportunity to prepare for their day of service that was held  on Thursday, December 8.The event is held in partnership with...

Art Basel, the world's premier modern and contemporary art fair, returned to South Florida this year on the first weekend of December. Since its inauguration 15 years ago, the fair has partnered with Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) Visual Arts Department to expose students to the world of art.Students from all over the county participated in events such as the RAW Project and nearly 600 M-DCPS students attended Art Basel at...

The Robocats STEM Academy from Bob Graham Education Center participated in the VEX IQ Challenge State Qualifier Competition at WR Thomas Middle School on Saturday, December 3. Team Wall-e and Team Robotic Squad qualified to compete in the Middle School VEX IQ State competition in Tampa. Team Wall-e won the Best Design Award and Team Robotic Squad won the Best STEM Research Project Award. The school congratulated Marilyn Dieppa, Science...

On December 10, St. Thomas University celebrated its 70th anniversary, an event that sparked memories of the college that started in Cuba.STU, originally founded in 1946 as the Universidad de Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Havana, Cuba, by American Augustinian priests from Philadelphia, was ordered to shut done in 1961 by Fidel Castro.But many of its administrators, faculty and students were determined to continue their education, and came to...

A total of 51 students from Pace High School were inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) at a special ceremony held inside the Spartan Center on December 1. Every year, exceptional Pace students are invited into NHS by a faculty council and inducted in a ceremony that has become a December tradition. Students are invited by showcasing excellence in the foundations of the National Honor Society:...