Barbara Goleman’s dance team, the Jewels, spent the tail end of the summer vacation at the National Dance Competition (NDA) that took place at the Broward County Convention Center in mid August. After four days of competition, the 14 Jewels members brought home various awards.The team received the Spirit Stick all days of competition, Technical Excellence of the Day (the only team to receive it on that day), 28 Superior ratings...

  Running as smoothly as the military on maneuvers, Miami-Dade Public Schools’ bus drivers took their fleet of buses to the streets early in the morning a week before the start of classes for a dry run of the 952 routes they will operate throughout the school year to transport nearly 60,000 students. Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho was at the Southwest Transportation Garage to greet drivers and discuss the...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) situated within the boundaries of Hialeah Gardens, will benefit from financial in-kind support from the City of Hialeah Gardens through it’s Educational Center valued at $596,982. This generous contribution by the City is a result of an allocation from the Florida State Legislature for the purpose of increasing student access to computer stations, providing printers, tablets, monitors,...

  Nearly a decade of hard work and passion have built up Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Drama program into one of the most prominent academies at the school. On August 19, the Academy of Visual & Performing Arts Theatre Program celebrated the next leap forward in its history with the official opening of its new black box theater.The theater, funded entirely by donations and made up of several classrooms merged into one...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) is reviving its Drama program, the very same that produced the likes of Vincent D’Onofrio of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” and Maria Canal-Barrera, best known for her role on Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.”The program has been out of commission for about five years but was brought back to the spotlight with the help of last year’s new...