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M-DCPS, Urban League of Greater Miami, Jessie Trice Community Health System, UM Launch Summer Student Vaccination, Health Screening Program

Beginning Monday, June 10, the Urban League of Greater Miami and Jessie Trice Community Health System, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), are offering no-cost immunizations and selected screenings, including oral health, to students.

M-DCPS Ranked Among Highest Public School Systems on Forbes' List of “Best In-State Employers in Florida”

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is included on Forbes’ list of America's Best-In-State Employers in Florida employing at least 500 in their U.S.-operations. M-DCPS was one of only eight Florida school districts included and was the only school system in South Florida and the only large, urban district in the state to make the list.

M-DCPS Offers Summer Learning Tips to Parents of Children Entering Kindergarten

To prevent the summer slide, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) Department of Early Childhood Programs is offering tips for parents whose children will be entering Kindergarten in August.

M-DCPS Students Can Earn Big Prizes with Summer Challenges, Maximize Learning with Digital Programs, District-issued Smartphones

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is offering free, digital programs for grades PreK-12 during the summer break to avoid the summer slide and to promote at-home student learning using technology.

M-DCPS Announces Dismissal Schedule for Last Three Days of School

Miami-Dade County Public Schools will close out another successful school year on June 6. The last three days of school will have revised dismissal schedules. June 4, 5, and 6, Elementary schools, K-8 Centers, and Middle schools will be dismissed at the conclusion of a five-hour and 30-minute day.

NAF Academy of Banking and Finance Students Win at 2019 Lenovo Scholar Network Mobile App Development Competition

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) “SmartCash” student team from the NAF Academy of Banking and Finance at Southwest Miami Senior High School are winners in this year’s Lenovo Scholar Network Mobile App Development Competition.

M-DCPS Announces Impressive Third Grade Test Results

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) third-grade students outperformed the state and most large Florida districts on the 2019 administration of the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) in English Language Arts (ELA).

Environmentally-Friendly MAST Academy @ Key Biscayne Receives National Recognition

Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy @ Key Biscayne is one of the 2019 U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) Green Ribbon Schools award honorees.

M-DCPS Kicks Off 2019 Graduation Season

Beginning next week, more than 22,000 Miami-Dade County Public Schools students will be receiving their hard-earned high school diplomas during graduation ceremonies that are scheduled to take place from May 29 through June 6 at various venues throughout the county.

Winners of Inaugural Superintendent’s Innovation Challenge Wow Community

Three two-student teams from Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High, Coral Gables Senior High, and Coral Reef Senior High and School for Advanced Studies-South were named winners of the first-ever Superintendent’s Student Innovation Challenge, and each team was awarded $20,000 in scholarship funds.

All Miami-Dade County Schools, Facilities to Close for Memorial Day

All Miami-Dade public schools, and region and district offices will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen Tuesday, May 28.

M-DCPS Students to ‘Take a Bite’ out of Real-World Problems in Superintendent’s Student Innovation Challenge

Junior and seniors from Miami-Dade County Public Schools will spend time in a student-version of TV’s “Shark Tank” pitching their ideas for solving real-world problems to a panel of judges in the inaugural Superintendent’s Student Innovation Challenge.

M-DCPS Launches Student Free Vaccination Program for Sixth-Graders

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has partnered with Healthy Schools LLC to offer no-cost, in-school tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough - also called pertussis – (Tdap) vaccinations to sixth-grade students. The booster is required by Florida law before a child enters 7th grade.

M-DCPS Announces Summer Programs, Camps

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is at the forefront of offering and providing access to outstanding educational programs.

M-DCPS to Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week

Miami-Dade County Public Schools will celebrate teachers from Monday, May 6 until Friday, May 10, 2019 for Teacher Appreciation Week.

M-DCPS Once Again Achieves AdvancED Accreditation

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) earned the distinction of accreditation by AdvancED for a second five-year term. AdvancED is a non-profit, non-partisan organization consisting of the largest community of education professionals in the world that conducts rigorous, on-site reviews of a variety of educational institutions and systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential.

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Miami-Dade County Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has another award to add to his sprawling collection.

The Council of Great City Schools Thursday night honored Carvalho with the Green-Garner award, the highest honor for an urban educator, at its 62nd annual conference in Baltimore. He was one of nine finalists, all big-city school superintendents, from 74 of the largest urban public school systems in the country.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article220567230.html#storylink=cpy
Third grade test results are out, and there's good news for Dade and Broward schools

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Once taboo, cellphones are free for thousands of Miami-Dade high school students

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article181160601.html#storylink=cpy
Miami-Dade school grades mark a milestone: no F schools

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