American High softball star Erika Castroman is not only playing like an All-Dade player this year, but she’s batting a thousand beyond the diamond. Last Christmas, Castroman distributed 50 backpacks filled with items for hygiene, including deodorant, shampoo, soap, toothpaste and hand sanitizers, as well as toothbrushes, combs and face towels to the homeless people who were sleeping in the streets or under the facade of buildings...

Mater Lakes Academy’s Bears wrestling team competed at the FHSAA state tournament on March 3–4 at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.  The school congratulated the student athletes who qualified in the highest ranking in the wrestling program.Cole Schwartzberg, junior, in the 220 lb. weight class, and Nestor Nunez, sophomore, in the 152 lb. weight class, both were Region Champions in their respective weight classes in the...

The Miami Herald’s 77th Annual Spelling Bee for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties had a repeat winner in Vasundra Govindarajan, a seventh grader from Archimedean Middle Conservatory, who is heading to the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington from May 28 to June 4.Govindarajan’s winning word was “boiserie.” Second place went to Kyler Pace from Ransom Everglades Middle School and third place to Lauren...

An elite group of students from Bob Graham Education Center participated in the 2017 Science and Engineering Fair and the SECME Olympiad at Miami Dade College North Campus in early February. The participants were fourth grader Alecxavier Estrada, fifth grader Adrianna Leal, sixth grader Sofia Gervan, seventh grader Morgan Knight, and eighth graders Sofia Dubon and Naomi Rodriguez. In the bridge category, eighth graders Armani Estrada, Ashley...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been included in GettingSmart.com’s Smart List: “30 School Districts Worth Visiting.”  The online information source identifies M-DCPS as one of “30 districts that are changing the trajectory of both education and their communities by working on blended, personalized and competency-based learning.”The District’s use of data to drive minority achievement...