Six Monsignor Edward Pace High School seniors became a part of the school’s history by graduating as the first class of Pace’s Academy of Health Sciences in conjunction with Barry University’s EMT Academy program at a ceremony in Pace’s Innovation Center on May 19. In front of their families, friends, and students from the Academy of Health Sciences, Mitchy Leandre, Danielle Dalge, Juanesha Serra, Carina Jatib,...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) held senior high school graduations between May 27 and June 4. Over 21,000 graduating seniors from more than 50 high schools across the district received their high school diplomas and will continue their educational pursuits at post-secondary institutions in Florida and across the nation. According to school district data, an impressive 93.67 percent of M-DCPS graduating seniors plan to...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School student C’yara M. Bryant is ahead of the game. The HML senior completed her Associate’s degree from Miami Dade College before even having graduated from high school.  Bryant is a member of HML’s Advanced Studies program where students earn college credits while still attending high school. At HML, students enrolled in Dual Enrollment courses are able to complete college...

  Appearing with School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman is a group of students participating in the celebration of Cuban Independence Day which takes place on May 20. On that day, Cuba ceased being a colony of Spain and joined the community of free democratic republics in the Western Hemisphere. For the past 12 years Hantman has been sponsoring the celebration of this historic date at M.A. Milam K-8 Center currently under the...

  Carmen Sandino, senior at American Senior High School was named as one of 30 students throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties and selected among hundreds of applicants for this year’s Silver Knight award winners, a program created and continued by The Miami Herald to showcase the accomplishments of local students. The winners were announced at the James L. Knight Center in Downtown Miami on May 20.  Sandino reportedly...