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#iAttendMDCPS – Students who are not at school cannot learn

To succeed in life, first you have to show up. On any given day 5.7 percent of our students are absent from Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). That's over 20,000 children who are missing valuable instructional time! When students are not in school, they are not learning, and this means that our future scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and many others are not making their dreams and goals a reality. At M-DCPS, we understand that our kids are the hope for the future, and they are the reason we launched the innovative iAttend M-DCPS initiative this year.

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#iChooseMDCPS - Become a part of our Family

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Join the thousands of students, employees, parents and volunteers, who choose Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). Whether it is because of a Medical Magnet program, a great volleyball team or an outstanding after school cooking program, there are options for everyone at M-DCPS.

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Active Kids Do Better!

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At Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), we take the health and well-being of each child very seriously. We want our students to become productive members of society once they graduate from high school, but research indicates that one out of six children are affected by obesity and that number increases dramatically for children living in poverty. That is why the District continuously looks for different ways to fight childhood obesity and offer students opportunities to improve their health and become more physically fit.

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"If You See Something, Say Something"

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Last school year, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) became the first school district in the nation to partner with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and adopt the "If You See Something, Say Something," campaign. The initiative encourages men, women, and children to report suspicious activity and behavior.

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iNspiration @MDCPS

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A student leader and community advocate, Elias overcame adversity by helping other students. Learn more about Elias, a true role model.

Name: Elias Rosenfeld
School: 12th grade student at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High
Accomplishments: Elias is a top-performing student at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, where he has taken 13 Advanced Placement Courses and is within the top ten percent of his graduating class. From his personal struggles as an undocumented student and losing his mother to cancer, Elias founded USI (United Student Immigrants) to assist students in applying to colleges and scholarships, as well as gathering students from across the state to lobby local, state, and federal legislators in support of the DREAM Act.

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iNspiration @MDCPS

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After more than 25 years teaching at Miami-Dade County Public Schools, we proudly introduce you to one of our veteran art educators.

Name: Beth Goldstein
Occupation: Art Educator at Miami Springs Senior High School
Accomplishments: Ms. Goldstein's passion for what she does with each and every student is inspiring to faculty, staff and students alike. Some highlights from her career include: her students hand painted over 2,000 pairs of shoes delivered to those in need after the earthquake in Haiti and her art classroom was featured in the North American Agricultural Conference to show how the agricultural sciences can be successfully infused into other classes. This year, Ms. Goldstein was honored as "Florida Art Educator of the Year" by the Florida Art Education Association.

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Stay iNformed and Connected

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The 2015-2016 school year already promises to be another stellar year of instruction and learning with some major achievements under our belt. The enthusiasm across the District among students, teachers, and parents has been palatable. For the 5th year in a row, M-DCPS continues to increase Advanced Placement exam passing rates, while also increasing AP enrollment. This will allow many of our students to start their post-secondary education with college credits, saving them both time and lots of money!

Our students also showed remarkable gains in the recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results, also known as the nation's report card. In all tested areas, M-DCPS bucked national and state trends outperforming large American cities. This is a true testament to the hard work of our educators, students and parents.

This past month, I had the honor of being appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board, which makes objective information on student performance available to policymakers and the public at the national, state and local levels. At M-DCPS, we understand the need for respectful and sensible accountability, and through this appointment, we will ensure that we have a voice at the national level. We want our students to benefit from as much learning time as possible, without the burden of redundant and unnecessary testing.

Teaching our children to make right choices in an effort to safeguard their personal well-being is also among our top priorities. Through our Values Matter campaign, we are highlighting the importance of citizenship, cooperation, fairness, honesty, integrity, kindness, pursuit of excellence, respect, and responsibility. These are core values that will benefit our students long after they have graduated from our schools to pursue their personal and career goals.

With more than 500 academic choices, we are allowing students to truly design their educational experience based on the personalized needs of our diverse student population. We continue to develop rigorous, relevant curriculum with immense focus on digital convergence initiatives. We are also building capacity and creating access to transform digital deserts into spaces of digital exploration for students. With our heroic educators at the helm, we are creating a standard of excellence that dignifies and elevates the quality of education for our students.

Alberto M. Carvalho
Superintendent

iNfact

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On November 6, M-DCPS celebrated the third anniversary of the $1.2 billion General Obligation Bond initiative, bringing upgrades and renovations to schools throughout the District.

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On December 7, M-DCPS will host a fair for vendors to learn how to do business with the District. Already, more than 700 Small Business Enterprise (SBE) firms have been certified.

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Superintendent Carvalho was sworn in to serve a four-year term on the National Assessment Governing Board, an independent, bipartisan organization that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation's Report Card.

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Sebastian Salas, a student at Miami Lakes Educational Center, is the world's youngest certified engineer by SolidWorks, a company offering complete 3D software tools.

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M-DCPS was named one of the 2015 Best Communities for Music, selected to host a two-day residency with The NAMM Foundation and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.

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On November 19, 2015, Give Miami Day, you have an opportunity to give M-DCPS students a chance to attend cultural arts performances and museums for free, by supporting our Foundation for New Education Initiatives, Inc.

iChoose M-DCPS

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North Miami Beach Senior High School

Brad Meltzer, Author & Screenwriter

"I went to Highland Oaks and North Miami Beach, and it changed my life. My English Teacher, Sheila Spicer, was the first person who ever told me I could write, the first person other than my parents that told me you're good at something."

iNtouch

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Daisy Gonzalez-Diego
Denise Landman
Vanessa Lopez

Contributors
Daiva Fernandez
Hilda Diaz
Ruben Gomez
Tammy Reed

Photography
Jimmy Abraham