For the ninth straight year, Pace High School sent two busloads of toys and choir singers to NBC 6 and Telemundo 51’s Caravan of Joy toy drive on December 11. Pace’s participation in the Caravan of Joy has become a nearly decade-long tradition, and the school’s Christmas Toy Drive has brought joy to girls and boys in South Florida. Over 500 toys were donated by the Pace community and collected by members of the Drama...

  Perla Tabares Hantman, School Board member and chair for the past five years, was elected for the sixth consecutive time as chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board for the year ahead. “I would like to thank my fellow School Board members for their confidence in electing me, once again, to serve as chair of the School Board. It is my privilege and pleasure to serve alongside you, the Superintendent, and his team in...

  On November 3, Miami Lakes K-8 Center hosted the Walk Safe Program event for students and their families. The event welcomed and celebrated pedestrians walking to school that morning including the middle school and elementary school chorus and salsa dancers. Principal Rosy Calvo along with assistant principals Carlos Salcedo, Lissett Robayna and Veronika Sasturrias welcomed students and all were treated to performances by the...

  James Parker, the “booming voice” of Miami Lakes Educational Center, retired in early November, passing the torch to the school’s next “Top Jaguar:” Lourdes Diaz. Being the next “Top Jaguar” of MLEC is a tough job. The school is known for its top students, active clubs and its environment is nothing like a typical high school. Last year, MLEC became an “A” school for the seventh...

  When Ivonne Moton walks away from a 25-year teaching career in 2017, she hopes to leave a legacy that her students would remember and cherish for the rest of their lives. The Germany native has been indefatigable in her devotion to her job, arriving early to school and staying until 8 p.m. each day to make sure her students are meticulously prepared to take standardized tests and college entrance exams, as well as earn good marks on...