Cheerleading team manager Jessica Torre, and team coach Amy Cao for Immaculate Conception Catholic School (ICCS) worked together with Menchie's of Miami Lakes to fund the cheerleading team in a creative and sweet way. Students at ICCS helped their school cheerleaders by heading to Menchies to buy their favorite ice cream. The classroom that raised the most in sales, Gloria Gonzalez's 6th grade class, won a Menchie's party at the...

  Miami-Dade County Public School board recently approved a recommendation by Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho to rename the District’s six adult education centers as “technical colleges.” Carvalho said this will help identify the schools as centers of higher learning due to their offerings of vocational careers and training. Locally, Miami Lakes Educational Center will now be known as Miami Lakes Educational Center...

  At a ceremony held in the school’s Spartan Center on December 3, 49 students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School were inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society.  As the country’s largest and foremost organization devoted to recognizing exceptional high school students, the National Honor Society (NHS) invites members into its fold based upon four pillars –  scholastic...

 

Miami Lakes K-8 Center, located at 14250 N.W. 67 Avenue, is hosting its annual Holiday Store organized by the school's eighth grade PTSA committee members. The Holiday Store will be open from December 15 through December 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Gifts will be available for purchase from $1 to $20. For more information contact the school at 305-822-7757.

Superintendent of Schools, Alberto M. Carvalho, visited the White House on November 19, at the invitation of President Barack Obama to join other important education leaders to discuss the transition to digital learning as part of the President’s ConnectED Initiative. He was selected to introduce the President due to his leadership and successful digital transformation in one of the nation’s largest school districts. “Two...