Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been honored by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation having been chosen as a recipient of the 2015 Best Communities for Music Education Designation.  This designation is given to school districts in the nation that have excelled in providing school-based music education programs to young people in the community. The NAMM Foundation’s mission is...

  Charles Sonny Metzcus, a longtime Miami Lakes resident who was a teacher and athletic trainer at Hialeah Miami Lakes High School for many years, died on March 14 following an illness. He was 82. Metzcus’ daughter, Monique Quenneville, said her father knew he was ill before he died. Metzcus and his wife of 47 years, Mary Rose, have been Miami Lakes residents since 1974. As a teacher and athletic trainer, his hard work and...

 

All graduating high school seniors, class of 2015, who attended Miami Lakes K-8 Center are invited to an alumni reunion on Thursday, April 30 from 2:45 to 5:30 in Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s cafeteria. There will be food, refreshments and entertainment in celebration of the alumni. To RSVP email Sharon Zajac at sharon.zajac@hotmail.com or Bianca Larsh at bmlarsh@bellsouth.net by April 3. 

  Can prosperity be obtained through knowledge? The Bible says in Isaiah 33:6 “And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times and strength of salvation, the fear of the Lord is his treasure.” The philosophies of Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget regarding education are similar in that they both value motor and verbal skills, and the children manipulate a variety of hands-on lessons and activities with the united...

Annapolis, Maryland – Applications are now being accepted through April 15 for the U.S. Naval Academy’s Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Program. The program is held in three sessions: June 1-6 for rising 8th-9th graders; June 8-13 for rising 10th graders; and June 15-19 for rising 11th graders. The program is an overnight academic program designed for rising students in good academic standing who...