More than 200 youth flag football players from the Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently participated in the Miami Dolphins’ Junior Training Camp at Royal Oaks Park, where they learned a series of interactive drills designed to help improve their agility, throwing and catching skills. The Miami Dolphins hosted the event, a part of the Dolphins Youth Programs which emphasizes the importance of education, physical fitness and...

  “Una Maestra Especial” translates to “a special teacher.” Every year Univision hosts a contest for the “Una Maestra Especial” award, similar to MDCPS’ award “Teacher of the Year,” in which teachers are nominated by their colleagues. The winner is chosen by a designated committee.What’s different with “Una Maestra Especial” is that students, not just teachers and...

  Six Monsignor Edward Pace High School seniors became a part of the school’s history by graduating as the first class of Pace’s Academy of Health Sciences in conjunction with Barry University’s EMT Academy program at a ceremony in Pace’s Innovation Center on May 19. In front of their families, friends, and students from the Academy of Health Sciences, Mitchy Leandre, Danielle Dalge, Juanesha Serra, Carina Jatib,...

  A local group of student-athletes won top honors for The Miami-Herald’s Male and Female Athlete of the Year as well as local coaches, and some athletes made the All-Dade teams in baseball, softball, tennis, volleyball, water polo, track and field.  American High’s student-athlete Lenysse Dyer was among the finalists for the Class 8A-6A Female Athlete of the Year; she played volleyball, soccer, track and field and...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) held senior high school graduations between May 27 and June 4. Over 21,000 graduating seniors from more than 50 high schools across the district received their high school diplomas and will continue their educational pursuits at post-secondary institutions in Florida and across the nation. According to school district data, an impressive 93.67 percent of M-DCPS graduating seniors plan to...