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Students At Booker T. Washington Senior High School In Miami Go Viral For Fairy Tale-Themed Prom Outfits
Student at Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Miami went viral for posting videos of their prom outfits. The high schoolers celebrated the event by following a theme: “Once Upon a Time: Does the Shoe Fit,” as the New York Post reported.
Florida Board of Education meets in Miami amidst teachers' concerns
MIAMI - The state's board of education met in Miami this Wednesday for the first time since Florida ranked at the bottom of the list for teacher pay. And some Miami-Dade teachers are voicing their concerns. But pay wasn't the only issue local teachers said the state is turning its back on. "The closings of schools, the banning of books, the limitation on curriculum, and the list goes on and on," said music teacher and Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar.Regardless, state education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr., said Florida is doing it right, referencing a recent ranking in U.S. News and World Report...
Florida Board of Education faces criticism over teacher pay, school closures
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida State Board of Education held its monthly meeting in downtown Miami Wednesday morning, marking its first field gathering in South Florida in nearly seven years. Representatives from the Florida Education Association and the United Teachers of Miami-Dade held a press briefing to discuss...
M-DCPS helps students with autism thrive inside and outside classroom
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) offers myriad ways to assist the 9,000 of its students who fall under the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). “Special education teachers in our autism support classrooms utilize a multisensory approach to teaching and learning, activating the visual and auditory,...
Cristo Rey Miami High School receives $2.1 million from Ken Griffin
Cristo Rey Miami High School has announced a $2.1 million grant from Kenneth C. Griffin in support of the school’s capital campaign. The school has reached 90 percent of its $16 million goal, and the gift, awarded through Griffin Catalyst, the investor’s civic engagement initiative, will hep fund the construction of a 38,000 square-foot academic building. Established in 2022, Cristo Rey Miami High School is South Florida’s only college-and-career preparatory high school exclusively serving students from families with limited economic resources.
Kiwanis Club gives 2 Miami high school scholars a jumpstart to college
MIAMI – It was a life-changing day for Lakayla Cherry, a Booker T. Washington High School senior in MIami.She found out she'll have enough to start nursing school.As a young girl, Cherry was diagnosed with a rare condition that caused her to lose her sight.But after Tuesday's senior awards ceremony hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay, Lakayla's future is more clear.Sonaly Basurto also won a scholarship Tuesday night and plans on majoring in criminal justice.
M-DCPS launches a new program to increase safety around school buses
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and Miami-Dade County Police, in partnership with BusPatrol America, have begun enforcing South Florida’s first and largest school bus stop-arm camera enforcement program in the nation. All 1,000 school buses are equipped with cameras designed to protect students by catching drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses.
Achieve Miami celebrates ’24 Class of ‘Achieve Scholars’
Local education nonprofit Achieve Miami recently hosted its Senior Send-Off event celebrating the achievements of its “Achieve Scholars Class of 2024,” a dedicated cohort of 86 Miami-Dade County high school students that are part of a selective program that provides college and career readiness support to a diverse group of sophomores, juniors, and seniors in underrepresented communities.
Miami Southridge grads heading to college despite FAFSA issues
MIAMI - Laqueendra Douglas is graduating with all the honors hardware as she graduates from Miami Southridge High School.She is headed to Boston College, her dream school, but she needed financial aid to go there. When she and her mom applied for it through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, she hit some hurdles and hitting the submit button didn't work. "It was frustrating it was very scary," Laqueendra's mother Arnitryce Jones said. "I had to start over and over and over again and she helped me."She was one of many students who had to cope with a botched...
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