Hialeah Gardens students graduate from high school, MDC - Thirteen students of Mater Academy graduate from high school -- and from Miami Dade College at the same time.
Miami Herald, The (FL) - June 15, 2008
Mater Academy Charter High School in Hialeah Gardens is celebrating the dual graduation of 13 students from the school and from Miami Dade College. Several of the students, who are children of Hispanic immigrants, were the first in their families to attend college, a Mater Academy statement said. For several years, the school's graduation rate has exceeded 95 percent, which is substantially higher than the national average for Hispanics, estimated at between 61 percent and 74...

BEST HIGH SCHOOLS

Miami Herald, The (FL) - June 12, 2008

The following Miami-Dade County public schools were recognized in Newsweek magazine's list of America's top high schools: Coral Reef, Design and Architecture, MAST Academy, Palmetto, School for Advanced Studies, Coral Gables, Mater Academy Charter, Killian, New World School of the Arts, South Miami, American and Southwest Miami. Public high schools were ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews of Newsweek: the number of Advanced Placement, International...

HIALEAH GARDENS: Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart takes tough questions at high school - Students at Mater Academy Charter High posed tough policy questions during a session Friday with Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart.

Miami Herald, The (FL) - May 29, 2008

No powder-puff questions here. Presented with an opportunity to meet with Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, a group of Mater Academy Charter High students came prepared with hard policy questions. "Now that we know the impact of the euro, what impact does that have on the future of our economy... and how will it affect trade?" 12th-grader Reyna Saco asked. Fielding questions on global climate change, renewable energy sources and trade with China, Diaz-Balart, a...

ALEJANDRO CALLEJA - MATER ACADEMY
Miami Herald, The (FL) - May 21, 2008
When Alejandro discovered his newly opened school had no band, he decided to help build one. He rounded up donations and recruited members. When getting to after-school practices became a problem for students without transportation, he started a car pool. When it became clear the temporary band room needed sprucing up, he and friends secretly painted it. As drum major, he led his band to superior ratings in several competitions and a performance in the American Musical Salute in...

HISPANIC HERITAGE YOUTH AWARDS
Miami Herald, The (FL) - May 15, 2008
The following Miami-Dade County students are recipients of the Miami Regional Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards: Emilio Lopez and Diandra Isabelle Fermin, Coral Gables High School; Jancarlo Perez and Brigitte Marie Morales, Coral Park High School; Diana Estrada, Mater Academy Charter High School; Mike Valdes, School for Advanced Studies; Rafaella Bican-Debest and Rebecca Marie Espinosa, Coral Reef High School; Amanda Nicole Labora, Mast Academy; Veronica Barroso, G. Holmes Braddock High School;...

Mater students raise money for Uganda's 'invisible children' - A documentary about children in Uganda orphaned by war and AIDS brought a sobering message to students at Mater Academy Charter School.
Miami Herald, The (FL) - April 17, 2008
Thousands of children orphaned by war or AIDS in Uganda are largely invisible to most Americans. That is no longer the case for some students at Mater Academy Charter School in Hialeah Gardens. On Friday, they attended a free screening of Invisible Children, a 55-minute documentary film made by three young South California men in 2003 about the children and their struggles in their war-torn African nation. Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole traveled to Africa in search of a...

HIALEAH GARDENS: Mater Academy's chess team one of distinction - THE CHESS TEAM AT MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, COACHED BY JORGE LEON, HAS WON A STRING OF COMPETITIONS AND IS RANKED AMONG THE BEST IN THE STATE

Miami Herald, The (FL) - March 2, 2008

They are the top four chess team in the state and top 20 in the nation -- and they have their eyes on the big prize. "In no time they will be number one in the country," said the team's coach, Jorge Leon, who, three times a week, teaches 12 students how to plan the game, memorize plays, be patient, be intuitive and think. Chess requires concentration and forces students to think logically about the possibilities of a play -- which is why, according to...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. Fla. schools among 'America's Best'

Miami Herald, The (FL) - February 11, 2008

Six high schools in the Broward County school district and nine in Miami-Dade have been listed among the best high schools in the country in the 2008 America's Best High Schools report. Atlantic Technical Center in Coconut Creek, Fort Lauderdale High School, Nova High School in Davie, Pompano Beach High School Institute, Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale and William T. McFatter Technical Center in Davie were all awarded silver medal recognition. Nine schools in the Dade...

 

EDUCATION: Students emulate candidates - Students at Mater Academy Charter High School in Hialeah Gardens presented their own version of the presidential debates.

Miami Herald, The (FL) - January 25, 2008

The students at Mater Academy Charter High School waited restlessly in the school auditorium Thursday, some chanting the name of their favorite presidential candidates. Then Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Rudy Guiliani and a host of other presidential aspirants stepped onto the stage to debate some of this year's toughest issues. OK, so it wasn't a real presidential debate; students from the Hialeah Gardens high school were portraying the candidates

HIALEAH GARDENS: Students give back to the troops - Mater Academy Charter High School students collected supplies for a U.S. Marines unit stationed in Iraq.

Miami Herald, The (FL) - October 11, 2007

When U.S. Marine Sgt. Jay Tansy returned home from Iraq for a two-week break, it was to get married -- and something else that he never thought of. Tansy will be going back to his unit with more than 30 boxes filled with all the things he and the other Marines missed from home, courtesy of students of Mater Academy Charter High School in Hialeah Gardens. The students invited Tansy to visit them Oct. 1, when they gave him the supplies. "I was extremely overwhelmed and...