The NAF Academies of Miami-Dade County Public Schools

2018 NAF Mega Student Industry Conference

The 2018 NAF Mega Student Industry Conference was a hit! Miami-Dade County Superintendent Alberto Carvalho attended the conference, and with the help of many keynote speakers, they really demonstrated how motivation is a great way to succeed in future careers. The conference had more than 20 schools attending with over 1,500 students. Each student had the opportunity [...]

Career Academies Outperform All School Districts as Nationally-Recognized Programs

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) will add four new Distinguished Academies to its existing 12 Distinguished NAF Career Academies. Hialeah Gardens Senior High School added its Academy of Finance (AOF) and Academy of Hospitality (AOHT) to its other three themed Distinguished Academies, making it the first Miami-Dade high school as well as the first in the NAF [...]

NAF Mega Student Industry Conference Planning Committee

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National Mentoring Month

All January long, people across the country will be mentoring students in celebration of National Mentoring Month and providing them with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed. For more info email: [email protected]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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|

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 [...]