Mercedes Sabates (back, center), Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) media specialist, plays a critical role in boosting educational success, according to the school, through opening the school’s library every Wednesday night. The Accelerated Reader (AR) program, news-team sponsor, and technology support all benefit from library usage on Wednesday evenings. During National Library Week, recognized from April 12 through 18, the school...

  With a rousing production of the classic musical Oklahoma! back in January, students in Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s drama program were looking forward to putting on a modern musical classic: Hairspray. “It was their dream show for a lot of them,” said Christina Pla-Guzman, Lead Teacher of Pace’s Academy for Visual and Performing Arts Theatre Program. “Them wanting to do it so much made me want to...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) has eliminated the End Of Course (EOC) examinations that were scheduled to take place at the end of the 2015 school year for all Miami-Dade students. The EOC exams, which were previously used for decisions on student promotion, retention, graduation and teacher evaluation, will only be administered to a small testing group of students randomly selected from Miami-Dade County middle and senior...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School’s (HML) Mu Alpha Theta club celebrated Pi Day, a date that was celebrated around the world on March 14. The date, 3/14/15, formed the first five numbers of the mathematical symbol Pi that represents the ratio of circumference of a circle to its diameter, 3.14159.  The event, hosted by the Mu Alpha Theta sponsor, Marielena Viciedo, the Math Department head, Madeline Domenech and math...

  The students in Sharon Wallen’s fifth grade class at Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) drew inspiration from the powerful stories of African-American leaders and trailblazers to create the “Renewal Wall.”  The school’s Renewal Wall represents the restoration of vigor and hope for bright futures of this generation and those to come. The students at SLE worked together to showcase the accomplishments of...