The Mater Academy High softball team won the 2016 Class 8A District Championship last month, defeating Ronald W. Reagan High to win their second consecutive division title. The Lady Lions lost to Hollywood’s McArthur, 13-3, in the Regional quarterfinal match-up last week.

Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High’s television production students were honored at a Miami-Dade County Public School Board meeting for producing an anti-bullying video. The students’ video was selected over other schools during the school board’s Digital Citizenship Video Contest.  The participating schools were asked to produce 30 second videos promoting positive messages that correlate to social media.  During the...

Mater Academy’s seventh-grade student Jinah Mickens-Malik won the state championship in the 800 meters last week in Bradenton, Florida. Her feat is considered “amazing” by coaches, teachers and her peers since she beat high-school students to give her school the state championship. “What an accomplishment for a 7th grader to win this competition,” said her teacher Ivette Raul Amador. “What an honor to be...

Marina Cepeda, Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High junior, was selected as one of the four vice presidents for the Florida DECA organization for 2016-2017.Before joining DECA, Cepeda had considered doing something STEM related, but at the urging of entrepreneurship teacher, Ted Dinicola, she joined the organization her freshman year and soon after qualified for state competitions. She hasn’t stopped pushing forward ever since.When the...

Bob Graham Education Center’s Robotics Club Robocats finished in first place at the VEX IQ competition at the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair for the STEM portion of the competition last month. The Robocats are pictured with Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.