The NAF Academies of Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Bowling for Stem Education a Big Success

Thank you, sponsors! Because of you, our premier NAF STEM Bowling Night was a huge success!

NAF Principals Honored at MyNAFTrack Event

The Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel Association, The Hyatt Regency Miami, NAF and the M-DCPS Department of Career & Technical Education teamed up to host a breakfast Nov. 29th at the Hyatt Regency  Miami to honor NAF principals for their leadership  in creating future ready students. This even also, kicked off the MyNAFTrack Campaign [...]

CyberPatriot XI Round 1 competition has begun! Good Luck Teams!

MLEC in the house! CyberPatriot XI Round 1 competition! Go Jaguars! @MLECPrin @mlecITacad @MLECJaguars @MLEC_Tech @NAFMiami @CyberPatriot @BeatrizCSears @CTEMiami @MLECSGA @CiscoNetAcad pic.twitter.com/VxLJUTCk5Z — Marlon Vernon (@mlecITacad) November 2, 2018

Announcing Job Shadow Day – Feb. 5, 2019

Sign Up Today to Host Students on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Job Shadow Day is a nationwide effort where hundreds of thousands of work-places welcome millions of student shadows through their doors. Job Shadowing is an academically motivating educational activity dedicated to giving kids an up-close look at the world of work. Contact Ann Fields at 305-693-3030 [...]

Hialeah Gardens CyberPatriot Teams Finish 2nd & 3rd

Two teams of NAF Academy of Information Technology students from Hialeah Gardens Senior High have won 2nd and 3rd Place at the state level of the 2017-18 CyberPatriot X contest sponsored by Northrop Grumman Foundation, and the Air Force Association among many other national corporations. ​​​CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association [...]

By | February 16th, 2018|Academy of Information Technology, Cybersecurity|

Miami Lakes CyberPatriot Teams Excel in Contest

2017-18 CyberPatriot X contest is sponsored by Northrop Grumman Foundation, and the Air Force Association among many other national corporations. At the center of CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. The competition puts teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of [...]

By | February 12th, 2018|Academy of Information Technology, Cybersecurity|

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 [...]

Announcing Job Shadow Day – Feb. 1st

Sign Up Today to Host Students on Thursday, February 1, 2017 Job Shadow Day is a nationwide effort where hundreds of thousands of work-places welcome millions of student shadows through their doors. Job Shadowing is an academically motivating educational activity dedicated to giving kids an up-close look at the world of work. Conact Ann Fields at 305-693-3030 [...]