Miami-Dade County School Board unanimously approved two items proposed by Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman at its regular meeting in early January. The items endorse the addition of schools to the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program and March 2015 as Arts in Our Schools’ Month. “The District’s goal is to provide SRTS improvements for all public schools. Since 2007, the School Board has endorsed and submitted 91...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Starlettes Danceline spent two weekends in February winning two Grand Championship titles at separate dance competitions. At the Florida Cheer and Dance Association’s South Florida Sizzler competition on February 14, the Pace Starlettes were declared the Grand Champions with the highest score of the competition while also taking first place in the Jazz Division. The very next weekend at...

  Dade Christian band students, Tianna Palmer (12th grade) and Lucas Larvenz (11th grade) performed at the University of Miami Frost Honor Band Festival and were recognized for the highest caliber of honor band accomplishments. On February 14, the two students played under world-renowned conductors alongside the most talented band students in South Florida, earning them the title of this week's extraordinary students.  Palmer has...

  St. Thomas University’s signature event is right around the corner and golf and tennis lovers are in for a treat, as hundreds of players will be on hand to be called the best athletes in the world. St. Thomas University’s Fore the Love of Education 2015 Golf and Tennis Tournament is scheduled or Monday, April 13 at the Trump National, 4400 N.W. 87 Avenue in Doral. The event, which starts at 11 a.m., raises funds for...

  The recent Miami-Dade STEM Expo brought together the county’s most creative, intelligent, and resourceful students to compete and demonstrate their proficiency in STEM activities at Miami Dade College.The Expo’s theme this year was “iDeas to Reality” and showcased the fruits of the student’s hard work and provided a learning experience on the responsibility of communicating STEM research and engineering...