St. Thomas University has named Dr. Gloria Pelaez as the new dean for the college’s School of Arts and Education, where she will oversee the school’s undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in education as well as its programs in communication arts.“Dr. Pelaez’s extensive resume, in particular in higher education, makes her ideally suited to lead a school that has seen enormous growth in the past two years...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools will open its doors on Monday, August 22, 2016 to approximately 342,000 students to begin the 2016-2017 school year.In order to help parents and students have a smooth transition back to school, a tool kit has been created with information from registration and vaccination requirements, to school hours, important dates, and school safety. The kit is available online at...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) recently won the National Academy Foundation’s inaugural 2015-16 President’s Award at the NAF’s national conference in Orlando where 1,500 members of the audience witnessed the crowning achievement of arguably the best school district in the nation.The prize, the highest national award for choice districts, honors M-DCP’s outstanding work in preparing students to be college and...

Eight varsity sports teams at St. Thomas University were named Scholar-Teams by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 2015-16 college academic year.The announcement was made last month during the NAIA summer meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, where the Bobcats’ men’s cross country and men’s golf  teams earned the highest average GPA (3.42).St. Thomas’ volleyball team finished second...

Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) students from Mater Academy recently won two Gold Medals, four Silver Medals and one Bronze Medal during the 2016 FCCLA National Leadership Conference and Competition in San Diego, California.Adrian Cruz and Alejandro Landivar won Gold Medals for Sports Nutrition, and Silver Medals were awarded to Rodolfo Hernandez, Danett Garcia and Dyana Padron for Focus on Children and Jonathan Alicea...