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...

  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...