The Northpointe YMCA located at 7351 N.W. 186 Street, is hosting the annual Healthy Kids Day on April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, a YMCA national initiative to improve the health and wellbeing of families across the country, includes free interactive activities, sports clinics, health screenings, family fitness fun, nutrition education, water safety and the opportunity to sign up for summer camps and programs. The first HKD...

  Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy will be recognized and receive a National Magnet School of Merit Distinction Award during an awards ceremony held at Magnet Schools of America’s 34th National Conference hosted by Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Miami in early May. To receive a national merit award, members of Magnet Schools of America must submit a detailed application that is scored by a panel of educators. These schools are...

  Seven seniors from Pace High School’s elite Spartan Sword and Shield Honors program have been accepted into 31 colleges and universities across the United States. The program is structured to prepare intellectually gifted and diligent students for Ivy League and Top 10 universities through a set four-year track of AP, honors, and dual enrollment classes.  Since the program’s inception in 2011, Spartan Sword and Shield...

A perfect score and superior rating was awarded to the Spanish Lake Elementary School Recorder Group which performed at the recent Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition under the division of Performing Arts Instrumental. The students were under the direction of Diana Garcia, music teacher. They performed a medley of TV songs. The Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition partners with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools to promote student...

  The Superintendent's Honors Orchestra is a part of the Miami-Dade County Honors Music Festival that students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools audition to be a part of at either the elementary or secondary level in orchestra, band, and choir.   Miami Lakes K-8 Center students Ariana Rejas and Francis Dalipe, both eighth graders auditioned for the first time and were selected to this elite group of string...