The Miami-Dade County Public School Board unanimously approved three items proposed by Board member Perla Tabares Hantman at a December regular monthly meeting.The items proposed opportunities to collaborate with community entities that can deliver free, high quality and engaging youth programs to students during out-of-school periods; a request for authorization of the Superintendent to encourage all of Miami-Dade’s public schools to...

Pace High School is collecting new, unwrapped toys for its annual Christmas toy drive in conjunction with NBC 6 and Telemundo 51’s Caravan of Joy.For the tenth straight year, Pace will be sending busloads of toys and choir singers to the NBC 6/Telejmundo 51 studios for Caravan of Joy when the toy drive concludes on December 16.This year, Pace dancers will be traveling as well to perform along with the Spartans in Harmony choir on live...

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...