This past May, just a few days before the Class of 2015’s graduation, nearly 100 family, friends, alumni, and fellow students gathered at Monsignor Edward Pace High School to admire artwork from Pace students and alumni at the 2015 Pace Gallery Art Show.   Marcel Navarro, lead teacher for the Academy of Visual Arts, organized the show, which featured works from Pace alumni, “Academy” students, and students from...

  Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board will once again offer free SAT Prep classes for students entering their junior and senior year of high school. The free program is open to Miami Lakes residents, is limited to 20 students, and provided on a first come, first served basis. The sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 13-17, and August 10-14, at Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. All interested students must...

  Barbara Goleman Senior High School administration, faculty and staff celebrated the retirement of office personnel Nancy Anderson, math teacher Alberto W. Tio, foreign language teacher, Carmen Martinet, and English teacher Ganjadeai Baksh. Anderson completed 29 years in the educational system, Tio completed 20 years in addition to his time as a Colonel, Martinet completed 40 years, and Baksh completed 45 years. The celebration was...

Bob Graham Education Center’s (BGEC) seventh grade Law Studies Academy students earned first place for the Oral Hearing and second place for their Portfolio at the 2015 Project Citizen State Finals.  The entire class has been working on the project entitled ”Help Wanted for ASD” hoping to increase job employment for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  On May 22, the Oral Hearing team...

 

Bob Graham Education Center fifth-grader Flavia Nuñez earned first place in the writing component for this year’s Fairchild Challenge. Nuñez wrote a story on a seed. The Fairchild Challenge is a competition that Fairchild Botanical Gardens sponsors every year with participation from more than 200 schools. It is a multidisciplinary competition with an emphasis on environmental sciences.