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Congratulations, Shon Barthell!

By | July 8th, 2022|Categories: Awards, Grants, NAF, NAF Academies, Scholarships, STEM|Tags: , , , , |

Let's all congratulate Shon Barthell for being selected to receive a $2,000 scholarship to support his STEM career path through the NAF Fund II Foundation Diversity & Equity in STEM Scholarship. We also want to congratulate you for receiving one of the Florida Power and Light (FPL)/SECME scholarships for African-American students. You are now part of [...]

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Mr. Vernon Leads Dream Team at Cisco Live

By | July 8th, 2022|Categories: Career Academies, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, NAF, NAF Academies|Tags: , , , |

Marlon Vernon was officially recruited as leader of the "Dream Team" at Cisco Live conference held in Las Vegas, June 8 - June 17, 2022. Out of all the teachers, he was chosen as the best pick to instruct ten academy students. The team learned much from many IT minds and from several digital events during [...]

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American Senior High Students Win Aspen Challenge Grand Prize

By | May 2nd, 2022|Categories: Awards, Career Academies, Grants, NAF, NAF Academies, Scholarships, STEAM, STEM|

“Please join us in congratulating our Aspen Challenge team for winning 1st place and a combined $20,000 cash prize, awarded during a ceremony at FIU on April 14, 2022. The championship team was coached by Mr. Cox and Mr. Khan, and consisted of NAF Academy students: Alexa Toribio, Diago Gomez, Janaysa Dorcin, Joanna Noel, Rachard King, [...]

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NAF Student Industry Conference Huge Success

By | April 18th, 2022|Categories: Career Academies, NAF, NAF Academies|Tags: , |

NAF MEGA STUDENT INDUSTRY CONFERENCE     Learn more about Miami-Dade NAF Academies

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2022 Health Walk-A-Thon

By | April 18th, 2022|Categories: Agriscience, Career Academies, Engineering, Health Science, Information Technology, NAF, NAF Academies, STEM|Tags: , , |

Come join us on a Health Walk-a-thon! Saturday, April 30, 2022 at North Miami Sr. High School To Register  

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Miami Graduate, Gerardo Carranza Wins Alumni Award

By | July 20th, 2020|Categories: Information Technology, NAF, NAF Academies, STEM|Tags: , , |

2013 Alumnus from Miami Springs Senior High School AOHT Receives NAF Alumni Award The Alumni Awards recognize NAF alumni who have achieved success in either college or career, or have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit that can be attributed in part to their academy experience. Such was the case for Gerardo Carranza, M-DCPS CTE graduate who recently became [...]

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Latino She-Tech Summit Dec. 14th

By | October 30th, 2019|Categories: Career Academies, Community & Industry Partners, Computer Science & Coding, Information Technology, NAF Academies, Women in IT|Tags: , , |

The Latino Tech™ “The Future of Work Summit,” powered by Codella.org at Hialeah Gardens High School on December 14th, will inspire participants to dream big and be prepared for opportunity as they hear from a roster of nationally recognized female tech leaders who will show them what their jobs look like and what it took to [...]

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FBLA Officers’ Training Conference

By | October 28th, 2019|Categories: Business Management, Career Academies, Cybersecurity, FBLA, Information Technology, NAF Academies|Tags: |

On Friday, October 18, 2019, over two hundred Miami-Dade County Public School (M-DCPS) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)* student leaders from 22 secondary schools came together at the Annual FBLA Officers’ Training Conference at Tropical Park. The conference kicked off with a roll-call of the schools and an introduction from the chapter presidents [...]

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Health Science Students Experience The Life Of A Nurse

By | October 24th, 2019|Categories: Career Academies, Community & Industry Partners, Health Science, NAF Academies|Tags: , , , |

Health Science high school CTE students from around the district participated in "A Day in the Life of a Nurse" this October, with tours of health facilities, demonstrations, hands-on activities, and much more; gaining a deeper knowledge of what is involved in careers in health science. PHOTO GALLERY OF EVENT  

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Student Chefs Hit Home Runs at Marlins Park

By | March 1st, 2019|Categories: Community & Industry Partners, Culinary, Hospitality & Tourism, NAF Academies|Tags: |

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, [...]

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