Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) staff, students, and families walked together along with over 20,000 members of the South Florida community on Saturday, January 25, to help raise autism awareness and enjoy a fun-filled day at the Dan Marino Foundation sponsored event, WalkAbout Autism 2014. BGEC's team "Team Help" raised over $1,000 for the cause and 25 percent of the funds will return to the Special Education department (SPED) at...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School's poets, singers, and thespians came together on the evening of January 15 to take part in Pace’s annual Open Mic Night.  Katherine Palacio and the Literary Guild club coordinated the event with senior Nina Pulley taking the lead in organizing the evening. Students with various interests and talents, from various electives and clubs such as theatre and writing, wrote original poems,...

  Dade Christian School’s cheerleading program, which includes elementary, junior varsity and varsity teams, made their annual trip to FCC (Fellowship of Christian Cheerleading) Nationals in Orlando in early January. Each team had one goal in mind...for the elementary and junior varsity, it was to win a national title...and for the varsity, it was to become three-peat National champions. “Each team had rigorous practice...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho was named one of four finalists for the prestigious national Superintendent of the Year by the School Superintendents Association (AASA). “This honor reflects the work of thousands of employees across the school district,” said Carvalho. “Our educators give their all everyday for the common goal of student achievement.” Carvalho was recognized...

  Miami Lakes Middle School teachers and students came together during the holidays to participate in a community outreach project that made over 80 holiday decorated shoe boxes to give to orphaned children. The shoe boxes contained items like a novel, candy, crossword search books, coloring books and colored pencils, and small toys like Rubiks Cubes or Slinky. Over 320 students participated in putting together the shoe boxes. Once...