Among 134 national winners recognized by the Magnet Schools of America (MSA), Miami-Dade county had 28 schools earn the Magnet Schools of Distinction Award which will be presented at the National MSA Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina in April. Local schools, Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy and Hialeah-Miami Lakes (HML) were among the 28 Miami-Dade recipients for the award.  Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy was recognized for the...

  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...