Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board chair Perla Tabarea Hantman, board members and community leaders participated in a series of special events taking place across Miami-Dade County to kick-off school bond projects resulting from the overwhelming voter approval of the $1.2 billion General Obligation Bond. The latest of these within District 13 schools took place at American Senior High School on Friday, January...

  Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board announced it is accepting applications for the Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarship presented by The Graham Companies. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Miami Lakes. All applications must be received by March 30 and will be forwarded to the Education Advisory Board for their selection of the two winners. The Mayor, Town Council and a...

 

Janel Gonzalez of Hialeah was named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Haven for the Fall 2014 semester. Full-time undergraduate students must have a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA for the semester to be eligible for the Dean’s List.

A group of sophomore students gather around an unfurled white mat, dusting for shoe prints as part of an assignment for their forensics law class at American Senior High School. Forensic Law, along with Street Law, Constitutional Law, and Mock Trial are the specialized classes offered by American’s Law Academy.  This year marks the academy’s first time participating in Project Citizen, a program co-sponsored by the Center for...

 

Spanish Lake Elementary has recently received five new mobile computer labs in addition to the existing computers on campus.  The mobile lab allows an entire class to use computers at the same time without leaving their room. The computer usage enhances differentiated instruction, increases student access to current high quality information, and is a motivational interactive tool.