Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE), The National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Center of Excellence in Florida partnered with the National Manufacturing Institute, the South Florida Manufacturers Association (SFMA) to host the “Young Manufacturers Academy” (YMA) in Miami Lakes. The Academy was held July 28 through August 1 at Miami Lakes Educational Center. The Academy was offered to 16 middle school...

  Registration and enrollment opportunities are now available at Spanish Lake Elementary School (SLE). The local Bilingual School Organization (BISO) curriculum at SLE is designed to produce students who master listening, speaking, reading and writing both in English and Spanish, in addition to the prescribed core curriculum.  The SLE staff works with parents to meet individual student needs as they foster the development of...

 

Miami Lakes resident Sabrina Larsh, a member of Miami Lakes Girl Scout Troop 500, got an opportunity to attend Ag Discovery at North Carolina State University. In the two week outreach program provided by a grant from the USDA, she learned about careers in plant science with hands-on training from university professors, practicing entomologists, botanists and plant pathologists working for the U.S. government.

  School Board members engaged in a visioning session and discussed priorities with Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho in preparation for the school year ahead at a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel. Carvalho unveiled the new programs and improved procedures specifically designed to better serve the needs of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools students and stakeholders, and laid the groundwork for a five-year District Strategic Plan for...

  For 25 years, Monsignor Edward Pace High School has been sending students to LIFE camps across the country. Seven Pace LIFE leaders continued this tradition and attended the Marianist LIFE South camp in Mountain Home, Texas for seven days, July 16 to July 22. Marianist LIFE South is one of several leadership training workshops held around the country for high school students who wish to strengthen their faith and grow closer to God....