The NAF Academies of Miami-Dade County Public Schools

27th Annual Tourism Professional of the Year & Champion Luncheon

The 27th Annual South Florida Tourism Professional of the Year Award and Champion Luncheon was held at the Hyatt Regency Miami on November 17, 2017, celebrating the accomplishments of  industry leaders, alumni, and many others within the Hospitality and Tourism Management field.

By | December 22nd, 2017|Academy of Hospitality and Tourism, Advisory Board, Fundraising|

Submit Your College Acceptance Video to NAF

Send in Videos of Your College Acceptances to NAF National and you too can Win A Prize! NAF wants to feature you opening your college acceptance emails or applying to college on social media! Send in a video of you submitting your college applications or opening your college acceptance emails, and NAF will enter you in the [...]

NAF Model Academy of Hospitality and Tourism Honors the Pineapple

The NAF Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at Robert Morgan Educational Center, held its annual Pineapple Day celebration on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 and Thursday, November 16. Students dressed in business attire and brought pineapple-inspired dishes to share with their classmates in honor of the pineapple, the symbol of hospitality. Pineapple Day is an annual [...]

By | December 22nd, 2017|Academy of Hospitality and Tourism|

Miami AFA Donates CyberPatriot Team T-shirts

The local chapter Miami-Dade Air Force Association donated customized t-shirts to the Hialeah Gardens Academy of Information Technology CyberPatriot team.    

By | December 22nd, 2017|Academy of Information Technology, Cybersecurity, STEM|

STEM Advisory Board Tours Miami Sunset Academy

The Miami-Dade STEM NAF Advisory Board met on December 15, 2017 at Miami Sunset Senior High School, which has three STEM NAF Academies of Engineering, Health Sciences, and Information Technology, as well as a NAF academies in the areas of Finance, Hospitality and Tourism. The school's Hospitality and Tourism culinary students created and served breakfast for the [...]

Grand Opening of Cybersecurity Academy at Miami Sunset

Miami Sunset Senior High School held the grand opening of the school's new Cybersecurity Academy during the December STEM Advisory Board meeting.  Principal John Lux led a tour of the brand new new innovative IT computer lab sponsored by a grant from JPMorgan Chase. The lab includes double monitors on all student computer stations, and up to [...]

M-DCPS Educators Trained by Lenovo on Building Apps

For the 2017-2018 school year Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) will be adding eight more NAF academies to the two returning academies already involved with the Lenovo Scholar Network (LSN). NAF is a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure that high school students are college, career and future ready. Now [...]

By | December 15th, 2017|Academy of Information Technology|

Coral Gables Academy of Finance Showcased By NAF

Coral Cables Senior High School's Finance Academy has found a great way to connect with the future freshman class through summer workshops to guide them as they progress from middle school to high school. Read More

By | December 12th, 2017|Academy of Finance|

Miami Lakes Educational Center Academy of Information Technology

Miami Lakes Educational Center's Academy of Information Technology provides students the opportunity to learn IT skills and obtain hands-on experience in work-based events. Among these experiences include field trips, workshops, paid internships as well as receiving insight in the IT field of study by means of guest speakers and mentors. Read More

By | December 12th, 2017|Academy of Information Technology|

Hialeah Gardens High School Academy of Engineering Highlighted

The Distinguished NAF Academy of Engineering at Hialeah Gardens High School has been highlighted by NAF for their "Promising Practice-Project-Based-Learning" activity of working with Florida Department of Transportation to study and propose solutions to a major traffic problem outside their school. Read More    

By | December 12th, 2017|Academy of Engineering, Work Based Learning|