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.

  Kandis Terry, Katie Camero, and Katherine Merino are long time friends, Miami Lakes residents, and graduating dancers at Intensity Dancer’s Studio in Miami Lakes. All three girls have been attending dance class since second grade, five to six times a week until their graduation this June. Terry and Camero graduated from New World School of the Arts and Merino from Archbishop McCarthy. Terry will be pursuing dance at the...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School’s Sapphire Dance Team performed its annual Spring Concert in late May in the school’s auditorium. Dance styles included hip-hop, lyrical, salsa, and bachata. Dance numbers ranged from solo performances to duets, trios and group dances. A total of 18 dances were performed. Team members included co-captains Hannah Martinez, Cindy Hernandez, and dancers Catherine Urena, Tatiana Arauz,...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (MDCPS) Physical Education Program has been named as a model program for North America by the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in their case study report, “Quality Physical Education.” This publication was developed in partnership with the European Commission, the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, the...

  “Una Maestra Especial” translates to “a special teacher.” Every year Univision hosts a contest for the “Una Maestra Especial” award, similar to MDCPS’ award “Teacher of the Year,” in which teachers are nominated by their colleagues. The winner is chosen by a designated committee.What’s different with “Una Maestra Especial” is that students, not just teachers and...