Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) Girls Who Code club has traveled to Silicon Valley, Boston, and Canada to attend and participate in workshops and conventions and have caught the attention of JaimeSue Goodman, Project Leader for Google’s CS First initiative. Club members Michele Wu and Joanna Luo were mentioned by Goodman in her TedTalk titled “Lucky is a Lie” that took place in Charleston, North...

  An evening dessert reception to honor and thank Spanish Lake Elementary’s (SLE) Dade Partners and dedicated volunteers was held at the school before the final end-of-the-year musical program. The Dade partners and volunteers provided resources to enhance educational programs and to assist in rewarding students and teachers for their accomplishments. In addition to celebrating the close of another successful school year,...

  The family and friends of 22 students from Pace High School crowded into the school’s Administration Building to watch them become the latest inductees into the school’s Spanish National Honors Society, called Nuestra Huellas, which translates to “Our Footprints.” Pace’s Spanish National Honors Society is moderated by Celita Cabrera, a beloved Spanish teacher who has worked at the school for nearly 25...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) journalism strand in the Cambridge Academy annually presents capstone projects that are completely student-led. Neyda Borges, English Department chair and Journalism advisor, assembled a group of judges from media-related backgrounds to rate the projects for constructive feedback for the presenting students. During one day of presentations, Laura Gonzalez presented Le’Mode, a fashion...

  At a special meeting of the Miami-Dade County School Board, Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho presented a re-structuring overhaul of the District’s operations. The reorganization focuses on a realignment of purpose, functions, and positions, resulting in a savings of over $6.5 million for the school district. The plan was unanimously approved by the School Board. The reorganization eliminates redundancies and duplication of...