Students from Pace High School became teachers themselves as they instructed nearly one hundred fifth grade students from St. Lawrence School and Nativity School in a unique pair of field trips at Hollywood North Beach Park on February 23 and 24. Working in conjunction with St. Thomas University, which provided a lot of the materials used on the trip, Pace science teacher Stephanie Hibbard’s Marine Science classes made eight...

  Representative Manny Diaz Jr. recently took a tour of the new University of Miami Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (UM CARD) in Miami Lakes. The new center joins six other state-funded locations that are dedicated to providing support and guidance for people with autism and other autism related disorders. “The University of Miami CARD location in Miami Lakes will do a great deal of good for our community,” Diaz...

  Miami-Dade County School Board approved three items proposed by Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman at its March meeting. The Board unanimously voted to approve a resolution proclaiming April 2015 as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month, endorse April 19-25 as Administrative Professionals Week, and April 22 as Administrative Professionals Day. “Miami-Dade Public Schools recognizes the unfortunate existence of child abuse and...

  In late February, 15 young Dade Christian School ladies from grades 9-11 were selected to participate in the University of Miami's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.  The girls, who were nominated by their teachers, have excelled in the subjects of math and science and demonstrated an interest in pursuing a degree in engineering. Accompanied by secondary teacher, Samantha Carrillo, the day began at the UM Student Activities...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) 2014-15 Teacher of the Year is Beatriz Ambas-Viada. As the school’s Test Chair and the Teacher Advisor for Key Club, one of MLEC’s largest clubs, Ambas-Viada does more for the school than just teach mathematics. As Test Chair, Ambas-Viada tends to scheduling and testing accommodations to ensure that every student can have the best testing experience possible. This role...