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RoboSLAM Huge Success for 3rd Year!

By | February 14th, 2019|Categories: STEAM|Tags: , , , , |

The 3rd Annual RoboSLAM held on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Miami Dade County Fair and Expo Center was a huge success with robotics and drone contests. And the winners are: 1st Place   Ramtech59 - Miami Coral Park Senior High 2nd Place  Mad Science Racing Team Black  -  Palmetto Middle School 3rd Place  [...]

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CTE Month Proclaimed and Celebrated by School Board

By | February 14th, 2019|Categories: Career Academies, CTE Initiatives, CTE Month, STEAM, STEM|Tags: |

Thank you M-DCPS, for celebrating Career and Technical Education month at the School Board meeting on February 13, 2019.  

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STEAM in the Gardens

By | February 11th, 2019|Categories: Engineering, Middle School, Robotics, STEAM|

On February 9, 2019,  W.R. Thomas Middle School robotics team "Tiger Industries Tiger Bots" competed at the STEAM in the Gardens. These Amazing designers engineers and programmers won Excellence Award, Amaze Award, and Skills award. Tiger Industries TigerBots are 5th in the world in VexIQ Skills. The VexIQ Skills Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education [...]

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Exploring Health Careers at Miami Dade College Medical Campus

By | February 8th, 2019|Categories: Career Academies, Community & Industry Partners, Health Science, Miami Dade College, NAF Academies, Scholarships, STEAM, STEM|Tags: , , |

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 [...]

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Computer Science Education Week Photo Contest

By | January 9th, 2019|Categories: Career Academies, Information Technology, Robotics, STEAM, STEM|

During Computer Science Week on December 6th, 2018 at South Dade Senior High School, Computer Science Principles and Virtual Reality Gaming Academy students taught Pre-K students how to create art using Sphero Robots.  Entering in a computer science week photo contest, the South Dade students won first place and a $500 Amazon gift card for the [...]

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Hialeah Gardens Middle STEM Day with Panthers’ Hockey Team

By | December 17th, 2018|Categories: Career Technical Student Organizations, Community & Industry Partners, FBLA, Middle School, Sponsors, STEAM, STEM|Tags: , , |

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. [...]

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Free Microsoft Coding Teacher Workshop Announced

By | November 2nd, 2018|Categories: Information Technology, STEAM, STEM|Tags: , , |

Schools and youth programs are challenged to teach computer science that students need for life and careers in today’s world. Educators and youth program leaders want to learn about computer science to be able to meet that challenge. This 3-hour teacher workshop provides valuable first steps in three, connected, 1-hour sessions: Session 1: Experience an hour [...]

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Miami-Dade High Schoolers Enter The Workforce For The Summer

By | July 16th, 2018|Categories: Career Academies, Career Pathways, Community & Industry Partners, Engineering, NAF Academies, STEAM, Uncategorized|

Nicholas Mesa is working at Miami’s local branch of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.). At just 17, he gets to sit in on operational meetings, prepare trial exhibit logs and update litigation and pleading case files for the S.E.C. He says he has always been interested in public service. Mesa has gained many mentors and [...]

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2018 Youth Fair

By | March 7th, 2018|Categories: Career Academies, Computer Science & Coding, Miami Dade Youth Fair, Robotics, STEAM, STEM, Teachers, Technology Student Association|

http://www.thefair.me/thefair/   March 15th - April 8th 2018

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Having fun isolating the DNA of strawberries

By | February 23rd, 2018|Categories: Middle School, STEAM, STEM|Tags: , |

Having fun isolating the DNA of strawberries ?! @STEMDesignation @MDCPSSTEAM @MDCPSNorth @NROSup @MiamiSup @miamimagnets @CTEMiami pic.twitter.com/wHkENXDXYW — JFK Middle (@JFK_Middle) February 20, 2018

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