Jenise Fernandez of WPLG Local Channel 10 was nominated for Best Traffic Reporter at the Third Annual Media Excellence Awards, handed out by Christopher Columbus High School’s student-run television station CCNN Live. Fernandez is a Monsignor Edward Pace High School alumni from the class of 2006.The Miami native earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Florida International University, and interned at WPLG and...

Miami Lakes Middle School eighth-grade student Deeanna Jones was honored for recording  perfect attendance for seven consecutive years during the school’s 2016 Banquet and Awards ceremony last month.Jones also made the school’s Superior Honor Roll for three grading periods during the 2015-2016 school year, and she was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society and The National Association of Student Councils.Jones...

Seventeen Pace High School seniors established a new Pace tradition by graduating as the first four-year class of Pace’s Academy for Health Sciences in conjunction with Barry University’s EMT Academy program.The 17 seniors, known as “Class 001”, received their graduation certificates in a ceremony held at the Barry University campus on May 25 with their families, teachers, and Academy underclassmen in attendance.The...

Pace High School celebrated the achievements and legacy of its Class of 2016 in their final days as Pace students, starting with the traditional Baccalaureate Mass held at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church on May 23.Senior Gabriela Gutierrez, who was accepted into music programs at the Peabody Conservatory of the John Hopkins University, the University of Miami, and the University of Michigan, played the harp as her fellow seniors processed...

Spanish Lake Elementary fifth grade teachers, Sharon Wallen and Jennifer Meneses, were elated as their students swept first place in the Elementary School Class Division in the H.O.P.E. (Help Overcome Pet Euthanasia) Contest sponsored by the Humane Society and Miami-Dade Animal Services Department and endorsed by Miami-Dade Public Schools.Although there are many components to the contest, it is geared to benefit animals by making others aware...