Mater Lakes varsity baseball team entered the charitable Javi Strong Tournament that was held September 29 through October 3 at St. Thomas University, Southwest High School, and Walker Park. The tournament was organized to support the Miami-Dade County Public School principal, Javier Perez, who was hit by a car while coaching his son’s little league game. Mater Lakes Academy defeated St. Brendan in the championship game. All...

      Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami Dade County Public Schools, has participated in “Coffee and Conversation” events across the county in locations such as the Adrienne Arsht Center, Betty T. Ferguson Center, and many others, the latest of which took place last month in the heart of Miami Lakes at the Main Street Playhouse.Carvalho spoke from the Black Box Theatre’s stage toward the audience, a...

Pace High School theology teacher Nelson Bonet received the 2016 Cervantes Educator of the Year Award at a ceremony at Nova Southeastern University on October 25. The award comes after Bonet was chosen as Pace’s Teacher of the Year back in August. Bonet has taught theology at Pace for nearly a decade, but his contribution to the school goes even further than in the classroom. For the past several years, Bonet has lead the Tons of Love...

More than 160 students from high schools throughout the Miami-Dade County Public School District engaged with expert panelists during the bi-annual social media journalism forum. Chief Communications officer Daisy Gonzalez Diego moderated the forum, asking questions and leading an interactive discussion about responsible journalism in an era of instant communication. Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho also spoke to the...

Recognizing the direct correlation between regular school attendance and student achievement, in September of last year, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District launched a more aggressive and strategic approach to stemming absenteeism.The 40 schools with the lowest attendance rates and the highest percentage of students with 30 or more absences were identified. A support plan was created to identify students with attendance problems...