Each year, students that take part in Civic Engagement Academy (CEA) at Bob Graham Education Center participate in various competitions including Lead2Feed, a leadership program that nurtures a new generation of leaders working to meet a need through project management, decision-making and teamwork to alleviate hunger needs within the community.  Project Citizen is a curricular program promoting competent and responsible...

  Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) and Julie Barreto-Tejero, SLE on-site teacher sponsor, are excited to be among the 51 schools in Miami-Dade County to have become a part of The Education Fund's Food Forest For Schools. SLE introduced a newly planted sustainable food growing system that is home to "gourmet crops found year-round nestled among winding paths.” Students, families and community members will now be able to work in the...

  Alfredo Dominguez is a 5th grade student at Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) in Joanne Hunt’s homeroom. He lives with his grandparents and two siblings in Miami Lakes. Dominguez recently competed in a Junior Olympics competition held at Coral Springs in March. He competed in the aged 10 and under group and swam in the 50-meter butterfly stroke, 100-meter butterfly stroke, the 100-meter freestyle and the 200-meter backstroke....

  Mater Academy High’s student Stephanie Consuegra recently organized a letter writing and sock collection campaign, as part of her role with the National Honor Society chapter, to deliver to the Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. The non-profit organization will take the letters and socks to the people serving in the U.S. military abroad. Her project is a requirement as a member of the NHS’s community services and leadership that...

  Jose Martí MAST Academy (JMMA) students from the Marine Biology club have built their first-ever salt water tank. Over the summer, a few students and marine science teacher Jeneissy Comas Balcazar started building the lab. They set up a list of donors in order to help fund their tanks. Corals will inhabit the tank for research. Sophomore Hector Duran designed a proposal for an interactive tide pool tank for the lab, which will...