Registration is now open for STU (St. Thomas University) IMPACT: Empowering Young Disciples, a program which aims to gather 100 rising sophomore through senior high school students, both from South Florida and from throughout Florida, for an eight-day experience in Catholic theological education during summer 2016 from June 17-24.  In December 2015, STU received a grant of $557,588 to establish STU IMPACT. It is part of Lilly...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High’s PaceStarlettes took home first place in the Jazz, Team Performance and Hip Hop categories and were named Grand Champions in Hip Hop for the second consecutive year at the recent Florida Cheer and Dance Association’s Miami Meltdown competition. The event took place on January 30 at Florida Memorial University, where Pace competed against other teams from Miami-Dade and Broward counties in solos,...

  Mater Lakes Academy student Veronica Ginzo was the first state winner for the Lions Club International’s Peace Poster Contest. The contest allows youths between the ages of 11 and 13 the opportunity to share their artistic vision for peace by creating a poster that reflects their plans for a better place to live in. Since its inception in 1988, millions of children around the world have participated in the contest, entering a...

  The Miami-Dade School Board approved three items proposed by Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman at the February 3 regular monthly meeting including resolutions proclaiming March 2016 as Florida Bike Month, April 22, 2016 as Earth Day and recognizing the winners of the 2015 WalkSafe Statewide Poster Contest. “March is Florida Bike Month, which promotes healthy lifestyle choices, and encourages physical fitness and helps reduce the...

 

The Future Educators of America (FFEA) students at Mater Academy Charter Middle and High School won 1st place in the 2016 FFEA State Conference Lesson Plan Competition for their work on STEM. It’s the first time the group competed at the regional and state competition.