4/26/24-Ariana Pupo-Rodríguez received her recognition and reward at Miami-Dade College. There was lots of food and prizes and Ariana got to take her picture home in a beautiful frame. 

4/19/24-Well Ariana has done it again! She is having a tremendous year. She has garnered 2nd place in the Amigos for Kids: No Excuse for Child Abuse Poster Contest. There will be an awards ceremony on April 26th at Miami Dade College West Campus. Congratulations to Ariana.

4/16/24- The Award Ceremony for the Ocean Bank Art Of Found Objects took place at Miami-Dade College's Hialeah Campus. Both Alice Nodarse and Evelyn Margesson were on hand to receive their award for winning the Grand Prize. It was a great night!

4/12/24- The Countywide Exhibit opening reception took place today. Here is Olivia Barrios in 2nd grade with her artwork. Great job! 

4/12/24-Congratulations to Emily Rivero and Caitlyn Torres in Mrs. Romay's Class. Their work was accepted to the annual Museum Education Show. 

4/11/24-Congratulations to Isabella Miranda and Ariana Pupo-Rodrguez in 4th grade, as well as Melany Espinosa in 5th Grade. All three had their work accepted to the Haitian Heritage Exhibition. Their work will be on display at the School Board Building. 
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4/4/24- Congratulations to Evelyn Margesson and Alice Nodarse in 6th and 7th grade. Their collaboration with "found objects" was accepted to the Ocean Bank Exhibit and Silent Auction. The reception is April 16th at 5:30 pm at Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus. UPDATE!! The picture entered has won the Grand Prize in the Middle School Category!! Awesome!

4/1/24- This year the Miami Marlins hosted the Opening Day Art Contest. Three of our students had their work on display and two of them were awarded prizes. Angie Abreu in 3rd grade had her work on view for the fans, as well as Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez, 4th grade and Melany Espinosa, 5th Grade. Melany was a runner-up and was award a signed baseball bat! Ariana was the grand prize winner and received a Marlins jersey with her name on it! It was a fantastic day!  

4/1/24-Congratulations to Alice Nodarse in 7th grade, she has won the annual Youth Crime Watch poster contest for the 2nd time!! Wow, great job!

3/13/24- Mrs. Romay's 3rd Grade class got to go on a fieldtrip to the museums at the University of Miami on Wednesday. While there, students first go to visit the Kislak Collection comprising of artifacts, maps and other interesting historical items. After a fun lunch students got to tour the Lowe Art Museum and saw a variety of artwork, glasswork, and painting. 

3/11/24- Congratulation to Carly Morales in 5th Grade. Her work was accepted to the "Dreamscapes" exhibit and will be on display to travelers at the MIA Gallery. 

3/1/24- On Friday, fourth graders Isabella Miranda, Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez and 5th grader Veronica Moriyon were on hand at Denny's in Coral Gables to attend the annual Dental Association Poster Contest Awards Breakfast. It was a very awesome morning and our fabulous students received great prizes and had grand slam breakfasts. Even our wonderful Principal, Mrs. Riera attended, and she was very proud of our students.

3/1/24- Congratulations to 2nd grader Olivia Barrios and 3rd grader Bridget Barbosa, both had their artwork accepted to the Annual County wide Exhibit. This is a very prestigious show and Bridget had two pictures selected! The opening reception will be on April 12 from 6-8pm at the Bakehouse Art Complex. 

2/1/24- Congratulations to 4th graders Isabella Miranda and Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez.  Their work was on display at the Impressions in Watercolor exhibition. There was music, food, awards and fun for everyone. It was a great night. 

'2/20/24- Congratulations to 4th Graders Isabella Miranda, Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez, and 5th Grader Veronica Moriyon. Their work received honors at the South Florida Dental Associations yearly poster contest. This year's them was "Keeping the Cavity Monsters Away".  Veronica Moriyon received an Honorable Mention and Isabella Miranda place 2nd! Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez;s drawing won 1st place! Awesome job students! I'm very proud of you all.

12/20/23- Congratulations to Angie Abreu in 3rd grade. Her beautiful drawing of Horace Pippen was accepted into the districts Black History Month Exhibition. 

12/18/23- Congratulations to Niovis Saavedra for receiving her award from the Food Departments' HIspanic Heritage Poster contest. 

12/8/23- Congratulations to both Isabella Miranda and Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez in 4th grade for having their wonderful paintings accepted to the annual Impression in Watercolor Exhibition. This is Isabella's 2nd time in two years in which her work has been accepted to this prestigious exhibition. 

12/1/23-Congratulations to David Brito in 6th Grade. His artwork was accepted to this years Steam Expo Exhibition. This years them was "Space is The Place".  David made a collage with paper that captured the "soap dispersal affect" in a liquid acrylic medium. 

11/22/23-Congratulations to Niovis Saavedra in 8th grade. Her wonderful poster was the runner-up in this year's Food Department Hispanic Heritage Poster Contest. This year's theme was "Prosperity, Progress and Power".

10/23/23- Congratulations to Niovis Saavedra, Gabriela Toruno, Allana Hernadez and Alice Nodarse for having their artwork make the finalist selection for the Art in the Capitol Competition. Their artwork will be on display on the State of Florida Government Website as part of a virtual exhibit. 

10/16/23- Congratulations to Kevin Parra in 5th Grade for having his artwork accepted to the "Printmaker's Delight" Exhibit at Concourse A at Miami International Airport. Great work. 

10/16/23- Congratulations to Alejandra Nodarse in 5th grade, and Emely Alfonso in 4th grade, Their drawings were selected for consideration in the Superintendent's Holiday Card Competition. We await the final results. 

9/25/23- Over a few days a group of our Middle School students worked on and created a video for the "Attendance Matters" contest. They did a great job with special merit going to Suemy Martinez-Perez and Lourdes Rodriguez. It was one of the most fun things I have ever done as a teacher. Thank you all. Please click on link below.

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Welcome back everyone. Hopefully everyone is rested and ready to get to work. We are going to create some fantastic artwork this year and participate in lots of shows and exhibitions. Let's have a great year!

6/6/23-With the arrival of June, the pace of news has slowed. Most contests and shows are over and now comes the task of getting everything ready for next year.  I want to thank all my students; we had a terrific year. From shows, to contests and awards Everglades K-8 Center has shown that it is a 1st class art program, the "Little Engine" that can! I also want to thank all those great parents that supported our program and helped out when they could. I look forward to next year and if you thought this year was great just wait till 2023-2024! See you around, Mr. David.

5/17/23-Everglades K-8 Center students participated in this year's Feeding South Florida: Kids Facing Summer Hunger contest. Eleven of our 4th and 5th graders were chosen to exhibit in this event. The awards ceremony and exhibit were held at their headquarters located in Broward County. Fifth graders, Ava Sanchez and Natalie Prado and fourth grader Jaeson Exter attended the exhibit along with their families. Even Ms Gancedo was on hand to enjoy the festivities. There was lots of good food and drink served by the wonderful staff at Feeding South Florida. Our very own fifth grader Gabriel Perez won first place in his category! Thank you to everyone who came out! 

5/17/23-8th grader McKenzie Suarez was presented with her award and gift care for receiving the Grand Prize in this year's Black History Month Poster Contest! A representative from the Department of Food and Nutrition visited the school to personally give her the award. Congratulations! 

5/4/23-The Mailman Center hosted a wonderful event for the winners of the Art Abilities Competition. Matthew Betancourt, 5th Grade received an awesome medal and certificate. It was a great event with food, music, clowns and facepainting. Thank you to Ms. Avila and Mrs. Gancedo for attending!