Manuel Sanchez III, who serves as principal of Miami Lakes Middle School, won top honors as the District’s Principal of the Year. Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) honored its finest principals and assistant principals at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Dade Association of School Administrators (DASA), on April 21 at Jungle Island. Sanchez has served as principal of Miami Lakes Middle since 2011. He brings more than...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is hosting the 6th annual prom for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) on Tuesday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton Miami Airport and Convention Center, 711 N.W. 72 Avenue in Miami.Approximately 500 high school students will attend this milestone event which provides an unforgettable experience as students with ASD bond with their peers in celebrating this important...

Rafaela Cruz and Jeannette Gallup have been named Teacher of the Year and Rookie Teacher of the Year, respectively, at Barbara Goleman Senior High School.Cruz. an Honors Chemistry and Physical Science teacher, has 27 years of experience in teaching beginning with her role as a teaching assistant at Rutgers University where she earned her BSN in nursing, M.S. in zoology, and Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Having always been interested in science...

Wherever Judy Parker goes, her former students always recognize her, even if they don’t see her face.“I was ordering food at the drive-thru at KFC and a former student recognized my voice,” she said. “She said, ‘is that you, Mrs. Parker’? It’s amazing when people, especially the kids who you have taught, recognize you after all of these years.”  For 35 years, Parker’s voice echoed...

Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School has a proven track record of improvement and success over the last decade and to continue to enhance the resources available to students, the school is inaugurating the AP Capstone program for the upcoming school year. iPrep lead teacher, Jennifer Murray, noted that the success of the school is due to a changing culture of expectation for reaching potential. Last school year, HML surpassed the...