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...

  Perla Tabares Hantman, School Board member and chair for the past four years, was elected for the fifth consecutive time to chair the Miami-Dade County School Board for the year ahead. Senator Bob Graham was on hand to administer the Oath of Office.  ”I would like to thank my fellow School Board members for the trust they have bestowed in me. I will continue working diligently toward the betterment of all the students of...

  Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paid a visit to Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School to teach fire safety procedures to PreK-3 students during National Fire Prevention Month. The students learned how to prevent and stop a fire in their own homes and got a chance to hold a large hose firefighters use to put out fires. The students also had the opportunity to meet firefighters and find out about the clothes firefighters wear and other equipment...

  Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paid a visit to Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School to teach fire safety procedures to PreK-3 students during National Fire Prevention Month. The students learned how to prevent and stop a fire in their own homes and got a chance to hold a large hose firefighters use to put out fires. The students also had the opportunity to meet firefighters and find out about the clothes firefighters wear and other equipment...

On November 15, nine students from the Project Lead the Way Digital Electronics course taught at American Senior High School competed in the 3rd annual DeVry University Sumo Robotics International Competition.   Teams from Chicago, New York, Brazil, Tampa, Orlando, and Miramar convened to pit their design and programming skills against one another in a venue centered on the ancient Japanese art of Sumo wrestling with a modern twist...