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...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) situated within the boundaries of Hialeah Gardens, will benefit from financial in-kind support from the City of Hialeah Gardens through it’s Educational Center valued at $596,982. This generous contribution by the City is a result of an allocation from the Florida State Legislature for the purpose of increasing student access to computer stations, providing printers, tablets, monitors,...

  Nearly a decade of hard work and passion have built up Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Drama program into one of the most prominent academies at the school. On August 19, the Academy of Visual & Performing Arts Theatre Program celebrated the next leap forward in its history with the official opening of its new black box theater.The theater, funded entirely by donations and made up of several classrooms merged into one...