After dedicating the Bob Graham Living Educational Exhibit at Bob Graham Education Center in 2001, the Graham family, coupled with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, decided it would be only fitting to have another such exhibit at Miami Senior High School. Senator Graham graduated from that school, as did all of his siblings. I was honored to be asked by both the Graham family and Dr. Marcos Moran (M-DCPS), to once again head up the...

  Dimitri Wolff, graduating senior from Monsignor Edward Pace High School, has received the Gates Millennium Scholarship award, one of only 1,000 nationally selected students. Wolff has excelled academically in honors and advanced level courses throughout his high school career, and he is a gifted athlete, consistently recognized for breaking records in track and field, while also a valued member of the band and drum line. As one of the...

  Bryan Benaiges and Rachel Oei were the 2014 winners of the Miami Lakes Keys to the Town Scholarship Award sponsored by The Graham Companies. Each student received $1,000 to be used for college. Benaiges, who graduated from Barbara Goleman High, recorded a 6.167 GPA and 377 community service hours. He will be attending the Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall. Oei, who graduated with a 5.8 GPA from American Heritage as the...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School celebrated its 51st graduation ceremony on Friday, May 23, in the Miami Dade County Auditorium. Among all of the graduates, family members, faculty, and friends, the seniors were recognized for their academic achievements. Nicholas Fernandez received the National Merit Scholar award for $2,500, and Brielle Perez was one of 8,000 finalists out of over one million applicants. Nina Pulley received the...

  The Miami-Dade County School Board and Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho will form a strategic partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Miami-Dade Branch, the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (HBIF) and the Florida Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC) focusing on economic and business development, job creation and contracts for Miami-Dade businesses....