The Little Patriots Preschool was not supposed to be American High School’s “best kept secret,” but it was so clandestine that it flew under the radar for 12 years. The early Childhood Education or ECE program at the school is among 12 centers in Miami-Dade Public Schools that allow high-school students who are seeking careers in child care, childhood development, teaching and psychology, to get a head start by...

  School doesn’t start until Monday, August 18, but the freshmen class at Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School will get a little taste of high school life two weeks early. On Tuesday, August 5, Hialeah Miami Lakes will have its annual freshmen orientation in the school auditorium at 4 p.m.  All students and parents are encouraged to attend this event. You will have the opportunity to meet and greet teachers, administrators...

Miami-Dade Public Schools’ Office of Economic Opportunity, in partnership with the Town of Miami Lakes, is hosting a workshop on How to do Business with Miami-Dade Public Schools, at 5 p.m., on Wednesday, July 23, at the Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Miami-Dade Schools officials including Chief Facilities officer Jaime Torrens, Economic Development officer Brain A. Williams and Chief Procurement officer Melody...

  For the fourth straight year, Monsignor Edward Pace High School sent students to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana for Notre Dame Vision, a Catholic leadership conference for high school students. Eight Pace students attended the conference from June 16 to June 20, along with Dean of Students Valarie Lloyd, Theology teacher Patricia Stout, and Alexander Gomez, a moderator of Enquentros Juveniles for the Archdiocese of Miami who...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School senior Jamie Adelson got the opportunity to work with professional playwrights when she was awarded the CityWrights Scholars scholarship and attended City Theatre’s CityWrights Professional Weekend for Playwrights from June 26 to June 29.  Adelson received the scholarship, which was sponsored by City Theatre and granted attendance to the conference, for submitting a two-act play she...