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...

  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...