Jose Marti faculty and staff celebrated grandparents at Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy with grandparents beginning their visit by enjoying a delicious breakfast sponsored by the school's PTSA. The breakfast was followed by a visit to the school book fair and finally taking a tour of the innovative projects such as Marti's Aquaponics lab, the native arboretum and new FPL photovoltaic array gazebo which students use for research and...

  Miami-Dade School Board chairwoman Perla T. Hantman overwhelmingly defeated Hialeah Miami Lakes High School teacher Duysevi “Sevi” Miyar to retain her seat that she has held since 1996. During the August election, Hantman collected 81 percent of the votes to resume representing District 4 that represents the cities of Miami Lakes and Hialeah and unincorporated areas. Hantman, a longtime Miami Lakes resident, was...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) may be located in Miami Lakes but its students' communication extends far outside the borders of the town. MLEC has hosted "Twitter Talks" in the past, a hot topic discussed on social media using the Twitter platform, to encourage, educate, and discuss worldwide or nationwide issues. The latest of these talks were on ISIS and domestic abuse in the media, particularly in the NFL. Using the hashtag...

  On September 4, Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s 53rd anniversary, Julke Llorens, Pace graduate of the class of 1964, returned to his alma mater accompanied by Mary, his wife of nearly 50 years, for a special Grandparents Day mass and breakfast. Llorens is an integral part of Pace tradition not only as a member of the school’s first graduating class, but also as the first in a family where three generations have walked...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School senior Steven Yildirim has kept himself busy and his college options open the past few months by attending conferences at MIT, Cornell University, and now John Hopkins University. Over the summer, Yildirim was accepted into the MIT Online Science Technology Engineering Community, or MOSTEC. He took a four-week online neuro-science course with an MIT professor and traveled to Cambridge to attend the...