Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Alberto M. Carvalho, began his school tour while students were still relishing their last Sunday of summer break. Carvalho’s stops included schools where new choice programs are being inaugurated for the benefit of students.  On Sunday, August 23, Carvalho visited Miami Central Senior High School’s new magnet programs in Trade and Logistics and an iPrep academy....

  After several years, student golf is finally returning to Monsignor Edward Pace High School, with former PGA Tour player Manny Zerman leading the program as head coach. Zerman has a long, storied golf career, starting at 15 when he became the youngest player to qualify for the South African Open. He played in the 1991 and 1992 Masters as an amateur and turned pro in 1993, playing in the US PGA Tour and in the 2000 British Open. After...

  Walmart Supercenter, located at 5851 NW 177 Street, and the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Northwest District teamed up once again for their annual Back to School Supply Giveway on Saturday, August 22. Hundreds of kids and their parents were on hand to receive notebooks, pencils, pens, back packs and other school-related tools as they prepared for the first day of school following a long summer vacation. Store manager Pat Riley...

  Barbara Goleman’s dance team, the Jewels, spent the tail end of the summer vacation at the National Dance Competition (NDA) that took place at the Broward County Convention Center in mid August. After four days of competition, the 14 Jewels members brought home various awards.The team received the Spirit Stick all days of competition, Technical Excellence of the Day (the only team to receive it on that day), 28 Superior ratings...

  Running as smoothly as the military on maneuvers, Miami-Dade Public Schools’ bus drivers took their fleet of buses to the streets early in the morning a week before the start of classes for a dry run of the 952 routes they will operate throughout the school year to transport nearly 60,000 students. Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho was at the Southwest Transportation Garage to greet drivers and discuss the...