Week 1 of SYIP
The 2019 Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP for short) is a program where students can learn about the working world. It is a 5 week program from July 1st to August 2nd, 2019. It focus on 10th -12th grade students between ages 15-18 and reside in Miami-Dade County, and are currently enrolled in Miami-Dade [...]
Vex Robotics Competition at the Miami-Dade Youth Fair
W.R. Thomas and Coral Reef alliance took top place tournament champions at the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair VEX Robotics competition on March 17, 2019. The Tiger Industries team from W.R.T. also won first place middle school engineering notebook award. Highlights of the event include: South Dade Senior high winning 2nd competing for the first [...]
Making Career Connections: Students and CEOs
The United Way partners with Miami-Dade Beacon Council and Miami-Dade County Public Schools to bring Career Connections to life. Executives are recruited from the seven One Community One Goal target industries, along with local entrepreneurs to encourage students to pursue their dreams. During the series, Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school students are exposed to careers [...]
Student Chefs Hit Home Runs at Marlins Park
Thanks to our students and teachers who went all out to show the community that applied learning is alive and well in our CTE Culinary classrooms. Our programs hit a “home run” at the Marlins Park with 30 teams from 17 schools representing M-DCPS in the 2019 TASTE OF EDUCATION contest. Although they were all winners, [...]
February is CTE Month
The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Department of Career and Technical Education (CTE) offers a wide range of quality career and technical programs that prepare students for graduation, post secondary education, and careers. Students and educators throughout the school district will celebrate National CTE Month® during February 2019. A resource packet for CTE Month is posted [...]
2019 Taste of Education Feb. 27 at Marlins Park
The Taste of Education, presented by Sapoznik Insurance, is a food and wine festival showcasing thirty gourmet delights prepared by chefs-in-training from Miami-Dade County Public School culinary programs with proceeds benefiting participating school that vie for thousands of dollars in prizes in a competition judged by top celebrity chefs. Purchase Tickets Now! Students Featured on [...]
Exploring Health Careers at Miami Dade College Medical Campus
Over 450 students from thirteen high schools attended Miami Dade College Medical Campus's celebratory "Open House" on January 29, 2019. Activities included educational hands-on experiences, tours of college labs, presentations by medical instructional staff and much more. The M-DCPS Dept. of Career and Technical Education Career Pathways program coordinated the field trip and sponsored [...]
Hialeah Gardens Middle STEM Day with Panthers’ Hockey Team
The Florida Panthers welcomed OVER 3,000 accomplished Hockey Scholar students for this year's Florida Panther STEM Day field trip at the BB&T center. Of that number, 77 students from Hialeah Gardens Middle School achieved the honor of attending. In order to attend this event, each student had to complete the EverFI Future Hockey Goals Math or Science Online Course. [...]
Announcing Pre-Apprenticeship Week Nov. 12-16, 2018
CTE Pre-Apprenticeship students and educators will be celebrating Pre-Apprenticeship Week beginning Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Students participating in the Pre-Apprenticeship program are provided with a network of resources that provide a unique pathway to employment. The Miami-Dade Youth Pre-Apprenticeship Program Career and Technical Training is a 23-month program in its 2nd year, that will target 120 [...]
