LANDMARK PARENT ACADEMY
TO PREVIEW, LAUNCH WITH AUGUST EVENTS

MIAMI—Parents waiting to glimpse The Parent Academy, the Miami-Dade school district’s landmark venture to engage and equip parents for meaningful involvement in their children’s education, can sneak a peek Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with preview events at Barnes & Noble Booksellers stores in Aventura and Kendall.

Children will be treated to face-painting, story time, and arts and crafts while their parents learn to make the most of a parent-teacher conference during a sample workshop at Barnes & Noble stores at 18711 N.E. Biscayne Blvd. and 12405 N. Kendall Drive.

Barnes & Noble is one of 60 partners to join with Miami-Dade County Public Schools in offering The Parent Academy, which will bring Miami-Dade parents more than 175 free courses at more than 80 sites—including schools, businesses, colleges and houses of worship—starting this fall.

A week after the preview, The Parent Academy will officially launch, on Saturday, Aug. 20, with kick-off events from 10 a.m.-2p.m. at 14 spots across town.

The sites for the kick-off events, featuring entertainment for children and a mini-workshop, course catalogs and registration for parents, are:

• Barnes & Noble’s Coral Gables store, 152 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
• Miami-Dade County’s Main Library, 101 W. Flagler St.
• Coral Reef Library, 9211 Coral Reef Drive
• Doral Library, 10785 N.W. 58th St.
• Homestead Library, 700 N. Homestead Blvd., Homestead
• Lemon City Library, 430 N.E. 61st St
• Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St., Miami Beach
• Miami Lakes/Palm Springs North Library, 6699 Windmill Gate Road
• Naranja Library, 27060 S. Dixie Highway
• West Dade Regional Library, 9445 Coral Way
• West Kendall Regional Library, 10201 Hammocks Blvd.
• Nova Southeastern University’s North Miami Beach Parent Resource Center, 750 N.E. 167th St., Room 169
• Nova Southeastern University’s Kendall Parent Resource Center, 8585 S.W. 124th Ave., Room 419; and
• Biscayne Park Beach, 9700 S.W. 328th St.

The course catalog, in English, Spanish and Haitian-Creole and including more than 500 offerings, will be available on the Internet at dadeschools.net starting Aug. 13 and in print through Miami-Dade public schools and select Parent Academy partners starting late August.

Those seeking more information or looking to register may call 305-995-2680 or visit theparentacademy.net.

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