At Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s first-ever Geek Week, held June 16-20, students and alumni along with middle school students enjoyed a unique array of fun and informative activities designed around building their knowledge in programming, coding, computers, and technology. The camp was led by Hedda Falcon, lead teacher for Pace’s Academy of Emerging Computer Technologies. For the first three days, students took part...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been recommended to earn the distinction of accreditation by AdvancEd/SACS CASI for a five-year term. M-DCPS is the largest school district in the nation to achieve this accreditation, which is based on a lengthy review process that analyzes the Index of Education Quality for the district.  After visiting more than 730 classrooms and speaking with 1,607 stakeholders, including...

  Gregory F. Betancourt, local attorney and Miami Lakes resident, was honored by the 11th Judicial Circuit with the Ray H. Pearson Guardian Ad Litem award for outstanding service and dedication to the courts and the citizens of Miami-Dade County for his work as a Pro Bono Guardian Ad Litem. Betancourt, who grew up in Hialeah and moved to Miami Lakes in 2001, graduated from St. Thomas University School of Law and set up his law practice...

  American High class of 2014 graduate Josie Benitez was nominated and selected as one of the nation's Posse Scholars for her academic success. Benitez received the Posse Leadership Full Tuition Scholarship which awards four-year tuition. She will be attending Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania this fall. Benitez, a Miami native, graduated high school with a 6.0 weighted GPA, a testament to her academic pursuits....

  For his role as the head of the Leadership staff at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Student Affairs director Eduardo Flor was named Senior High Coordinator of the Year at the OneBlood Blood Drive Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 9. Leadership students also received a monetary award for college in honor of their service. The awards continue the school’s storied tradition of community service. During the 2013-2014 school year,...