Miami-Dade County Public Schools has outperformed the state in percentage of schools rated “A” and “B”, according to school performance grades released by the Florida Department of Education in mid-July.“Miami-Dade’s school performance grades demonstrate the high quality of teaching and academic enrichment in classrooms across the school district,” said Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho....

Jennie Susi Taylor found joy in helping others. It was that spirit of giving that led her to her life’s work – teaching. Her spirit never wavered, despite a 10 year battle with cancer.Throughout her struggles with surgeries, medications, and chemotherapy, she taught her students, her friends and her family about love, life, and resiliency. She went to school on the days that she was scheduled for chemotherapy and – if she...

Jonathan Tagoe, a senior in the Engineering Strand of the Cambridge Academy at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC), was one of 70 students selected from across the country and Puerto Rico to participate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MITES Program, the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES).  MITES is a rigorous six-week residential academic enrichment program for promising high school seniors who...

In one week, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) will be welcoming more than 342,000 students back to school. The Food and Nutrition Department has been working diligently planning healthy, nutritious menus for the school year ahead. The department’s Test Kitchen is a bustling sight as cooks prepare a wide selection of meals being offered this school year, including student favorites such as spaghetti and baked chicken wings,...

The dictionary says that the meaning of change is to: “Take the form, nature, content and future course to something different than what is or what it would be if left alone.”To deviate and take a person from the direction in which they were accustomed of going, changing an old habit by replacing it with a new habit under new conditions. Elevating to a higher level in the light of success giving Glory to God.This new 2016/2017...