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...

When the students and faculty of Pace High School return from their long summer break, they will face new experiences in everyday school life with new classes, new students and new lunch schedules. The Pace community will also be welcomed with renovations to the Pace Plaza, a well known and beloved hangout for students. “After six long years awaiting and developing this project, it brings me great joy to say it is finally...

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ annual Synergy Summer Institute program was held at Miami Jackson Senior High School during the last weeks of July for all schools in Dade County. Synergy is an academic support program that strives to strengthen MDCPS through resources for school administration and faculty like tailored workshops focused on 21st century learning. “Digital Fluency” is encouraged as a skill for students...

Miami Lakes Educational Center’s administration is implementing new school shirts with hopes to unite all the academies at MLEC. The shirts were designed by WunderThought, a company created by Cambridge and Health Seniors, Sebastian Salas and Erick Rivera. The shirts will be predominantly black with white patches and will have the school’s logo as a patch on the left chest. The school’s logo was designed by Digital Arts...