Ransom Everglades School Varsity Sailing Team qualified and traveled to the 2023 ISSA Baker Team Race National Championships on May 20-21, held at Lake Minnetonka, outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. From among 600 high school sailing programs in the country and across 7 national districts, RE finished 5th overall... Read More

The Coconut Grove Arts Festival (CGAF) Board of Directors awarded $45,000 in scholarship funding to 15 talented Miami-Dade County high school students during a June 10 ceremony and art exhibition. Hosted by the newly renovated Marriott Miami Coconut Grove on Bayshore Drive, each student was awarded a $3,000 check by the CGAF and EngageLive, producers of the annual festival. “We are in the business of connecting people to create truly engaging experiences, so it is wholly fitting that we are now joining with CGAF to ‘connect’ brilliant young artists with educational funding that will help further their studies. And we are honored to do so.” said Tony Abelo, EngageLive CEO... Read More

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) recently held the 2022-23 Values Matter Miami Pop-up Awards Ceremonies at 36 schools throughout the district. The awards celebrated the outstanding students, staff, and school communities whose actions exemplify the district’s nine core values. The pop-up ceremonies are a culmination of this year’s Values Matter Miami initiative. Miami Dolphins player, Noah Igbinoghene, participated in the celebrations at some of the schools. Listed below for each core value are two winning students, a staff member winner and a school winner:.. Read More

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) will host its inaugural ART + MIND DAY presented by Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, a free event focused on the power that the arts have to inspire, heal and restore the mind and body. Scheduled for Saturday, July 22 from noon to 5 p.m., ART + MIND DAY will include free interactive arts workshops, demonstrations and performances designed to enhance well-being using self-expression as a creative outlet to convey emotions and... Read More

Wayman Aviation Academy, one of the newest aviation colleges in the state, announced it was been granted a restricted privileges airline transport pilot (R-ATP) certificate for students earning Wayman’s associate degree of aeronautical science. This certificate enables students to enter the airline pilot workforce with only 1,250 hours instead of the 1,500 hours required without the R-ATP. This certificate will enable Wayman to send pilots into the workforce much sooner, which will help alleviate the airline pilot shortage crisis the aviation industry is currently facing. A study published by Canadian Aviation Electronics (CAE) on the demand for pilots in the commercial aviation industry has highlighted that the industry will need nearly 264,000 more pilots globally over the next decade to keep up with demand and nearly 65,000 in the United States.... Read More