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...

  After winning numerous awards in district competition, 19 students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School competed in the Florida FBLA State Leadership Conference at the Hilton Orlando on March 19-22.  The students attended the event with Hedda Falcon, their Future Business Leaders of America Advisor and Lead Teacher for Pace’s STEM Academy – Emerging Computer Technologies Program.  Sophomores Armando Barbosa,...

  Barbara Goleman Senior High students participated in The Million Orchid Challenge, a component of the Fairchild Challenge, an annual competition for Elementary, Middle and High Schools. The purpose of the Orchid Challenge is to reestablish one million orchid plants in South Florida, particularly in publicly accessible urban landscapes, within five years. Orchid seedlings are planted within bottles, moved to trays, and then when large...

    Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been honored by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation having been chosen as a recipient of the 2015 Best Communities for Music Education Designation.  This designation is given to school districts in the nation that have excelled in providing school-based music education programs to young people in the community. The NAMM Foundation’s mission is...

 

All graduating high school seniors, class of 2015, who attended Miami Lakes K-8 Center are invited to an alumni reunion on Thursday, April 30 from 2:45 to 5:30 in Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s cafeteria. There will be food, refreshments and entertainment in celebration of the alumni. To RSVP email Sharon Zajac at sharon.zajac@hotmail.com or Bianca Larsh at bmlarsh@bellsouth.net by April 3.