Back to Kindergarten

Education Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Lucas Collazo, 5, of Miami Lakes, shown Oct. 5 after attending kindergarten at Miami Lakes K-8 Center.     Lucas is a son of Miami Lakes Councilman Luis Collazo and Clarisell De Cardenas, director of communications and community affairs for the Town of Miami Lakes.     Lucas wore a mask, uniform, backpack, credential and carried a lunch bag with dinosaurs on it.     Students who attend Miami-Dade County public schools had the option of...

Back on campus

Education Monday, October 12, 2020

 As public school students returned to their school houses the week of Oct. 5, administrators like Principal Milko Brito of Spanish Lake Elementary School in Hialeah, greeted children enrolled in grades Pre-K through fifth with a festive display.

Photo courtesy of the school.

Miami-Dade County Schools reopen classrooms Monday

Education By Megan Jacobo, Reporter Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Students in Miami-Dade County will resume classroom learning the week of Oct. 5, with children in different grades returning on different days.“It’s not Monday everybody, it’s starting Monday, a staggered approach,” said Dr. Steve Gallon III, vice chair of the school board.Parents who chose the schoolhouse model in July for where they want their children to be educated during the fall as the coronavirus pandemic continues will be able to send...

Teachers retire from Immaculate Conception Catholic School

Education Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Three teachers, each with decades of experience, retired before the start of the 2020 – 2021 school year from Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Hialeah.Anne Clay taught Mathematics and joined the faculty in 1973. Elida Cantillo began teaching in 1985, and her primary focus was the Resource Program for students who needed extra attention in Mathematics or Reading to achieve academic success. Kathy Callow taught English and grammar,...
Miami Dade College’s Homestead campus and the Lennar Foundation are offering MDC Builds, a free, 10-week online certificate program for those who seek entry level jobs in the construction industry.    There are morning and nighttime classes as well as advisors, mentors, transportation vouches and meals, the school said.     Students will have both classroom and hands-on training in carpentry, electrical systems and plumbing.     They will...
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