Miami-Dade County School Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman joined students from Hialeah Gardens Senior High School as they took a pledge to remain tobacco free during the American Cancer Society’s “Great American Smokeout.” Recent date from the Surgeon General shows that one out of four high school students is a tobacco smoker. Alarmingly, every day nearly 4,000 children between the ages of 12 and 17 naively will try...

  State Representative Manny Diaz Jr. (R-Hialeah) and Senator Anitere Flores (R-Miami-Dade) have proposed legislation (HB 313) that would incentivize school districts to designate one elementary school as a “Gender-Specific School.” The Gender Specific School would have grade level boy’s classes and grade level girl’s classes in core subject areas. “All of our students learn differently, we want to...

  On Thursday, October 31, a 15-year-old sophomore, Devon Octave, was in wrestling practice and collapsed. Mater Lakes Academy coach Brandon Neifeld called 911 immediately and sent for administration. The principal, Rene Rovirosa and security guard, Alexis Brunet began performing CPR on the student. When fire fighter  paramedics arrived at the scene, he had stopped breathing and his pulse was lost. He was clinically dead for seven...

  On November 16, Monsignor Edward Pace High School hosted its annual Open House to show potential new parents and students what being a Spartan is all about. Through an opening movie, delicious breakfast, and tours, incoming freshmen experienced what Pace High School has to offer them. Pace High School’s Open House is unique because it isn’t just run by the principal, Ana Garcia and faculty. Current students and proud Pace...

  Vice Mayor Manny Cid and Councilmembers Ceasar Mestre and Tim Daubert participated in the recent Principal for the Day event. Principal for the Day is an annual tradition that engages business and community leaders as principals for a day in an effort to build long-term partnerships that benefit students and the community in general. This year, Principal for the Day was celebrated on November 20. Cid attended the Miami Lakes...