In an ongoing effort to provide experiences beyond the classroom, on March 6 the members of Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s (PACE) Advanced Biomedical Sciences STEM Program Medical Intervention class visited Jackson Memorial Hospital (Jackson). These Academy students who share an interest in pursuing careers in the fields of clinical medicine, biomedical engineering and public health, learned about Jackson’s history and toured their...

St. Thomas University student Brandon Keller recently did an internship at The White House during his fall semester. Keller got the oppurtunity by committing himself to public service extensively. He first started by interning with the U.S. Treasury Department in Miami, becoming student president, interning for Senator Marco Rubio and volunteering to help struggling students at Carol City Middle School. The experience made Keller want to...

Mater Academy High is honoring alumnus Emily Acosta, who was killed last week in a car accident near her school in Southwest Florida, by creating a scholarship in name.Mater Academy will host an alumni basketball game to collect funds to set up the scholarship, which is scheduled for 7 p.m., Thursday, April 11 at the the school’s gymnasium, 7700 N.W. 98 Street in Hialeah Gardens.Acosta, a student at Ave Maria University in Naples was killed...

Miami Lakes Middle is the latest school for the Afterschool Meals Program, a sub-component of the Child Care Food Program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Starting Monday, April 1, Miami Lakes Middle, 6425 Miami Lakeway North, will be among the 200 schools in the Miami-Dade County chosen for the Afterschool Meals Program.According to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the after-school meals program ensures that students participating...

Bob Graham Education Center’s seventh grade Robocat STEM Academy competed for the first time at the Future City competition at Florida International University (FIU) Engineering Campus in mid-January. David Coira, Michelle Mendez, Mathew Walker and Mengqi Wu represented the STEM Academy with their model. The students earned the Special Award for the Best Integration of Cultural and Historical Resources in a Future City. The students also won...