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!

4/28/23-Congratulations to Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez in 3rd Grade. Friday was the awards ceremony for the Amigos For Kids Blue Ribbon Contest "There's No Excuse For Child Abuse." Ariana was in attendance to receive her award at Miami-Dade Community College West Campus. We had a great time!

4/14/23-The Opening of the Countywide Exhibition took place Friday night at the Bakehouse Art Complex. In attendance was our very own Fabiola Barrios, 3rd Grade, who's wonderful picture of Mandarin Gobies had been accepted to the show. It looks like Fabiola had a wonderful time and there for support was her friend and fellow exceptional artist, Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez, 3rd grade. Congratulations Fabiola! 

4/14/23- Congratulations to Mrs. Millan's entire 5th grade class. They worked hard on their group project and had all four of their entries accepted to the 41st Annual Museum Education Program Exhibition. The Exhibition will be at the Hialeah Miami-Dade College Campus on Saturday May 4th, 2023. 

4/11/23- Congratulations to Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez in 3rd Grade for receiving an Honorable mention in this year's Blue-Ribbon Poster Contest-"No Excuse for Child Abuse."

4/4/23-Congratulations to Emely Alfonso in 3rd Grade, her fabulous drawing was accepted to the Haitian Art Exhibition and will be on display at the school board building. 

4/3/23-Congratulations to Mckenzie Suarez in 8th grade. Mckenzie won the Grand Prize in the Department of Food and Nutrition Black History Month "Made in Miami" poster contest. 

3/31/23-Today Isabella Miranda was honored at the National Children's Dental Health Month Awards Breakfast. It was a wonderful way to start the day!! Congratulations Isabella!

3/29/23-Congratulations to 8th grader Alice Nodarse who poster was chosen as a winner in the Youth Crime Watch Contest!

3/15/23-A big congratulations to 5th Grader Matthew Betancourt who's 2 wonderful images have been accepted to the University of Miami's Art Abilities Exhibition. The show will take place at Jackson's Mailman Center for Child Development. The artwork will become part of the Art Abilities Collection! Awesome job!

3/10/23- Eighth grader Alice Nodarse, 5th graders Benjamin David, David Brito and 4th grader Alejandra Nodarse worked together to create a piece for the Local 10 Earth Day Contest. If we make the Finals the winner will be chosen by online voting so, please get ready to vote!

​3/8/23-Congratulations to Dean Garcia-Cecconi in 5th grade, Sabrina Menendez and Fabiola Barrios in 3rd grade on having their artwork accepted to the Annual Countywide Art Show. 

 3/2/23-Congratulation to Isabella Miranda in 3rd grade. She won 2nd place in the South Florida District Dental Association Poster Contest. 

3/2/23-Seventh Graders Jianna Dieguez, Lauren Labrador and Nathalie Rivero in 8th grade, created a wonderful banner for Mrs. Real's Robotics team. The banner will be entered into the Youth Fair Competition. Great job!

3/2/23-Congratulations to 2nd Grader Analia Leon and 4th Grader Lauren Valdes for having their artwork accepted to the Kabloom Virtual Exhibition. 

2/28/23- Congratulations to Delilah Rodriguez-Abrahantes in 4th grade, her fabulous picture was accepted the the "KaBloom" exhibit. Her piece will be on display at the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Art Gallery from March 17th through May 25th. 

2/22/23- An Immense congratulation to our fabulous 3rd grader Isabella Miranda! February has been her month to shine! This time she has won the Governor's Black History Month Competition in which she illustrated an African American Floridian that has made a great contribution to our state. Her image of Jackie Robinson won First Place! As part of her prize, she was able to travel to Tallahassee and meet lots of people including the Governor, First Lady, and Lieutenant Governor of Florida! Great Job!!  

2/2/23- We attended the 37th annual Impressions in Water color featuring our very talented artist Isabella Miranda's work. Congratulations!

2/2/23- Congratulations to 3rd Graders Isabella Miranda, Fabiola Barrios and Emely Alfonso on having their work accepted to the Women's History Month Exhibit. This year's theme was about famous female book authors, and the students came up with great ideas. The work will be exhibited at the M-DCPS School Board building from February 24th-March 9th.

1/25/23- Congratulations to 4th Graders Yailah Suarez-Horta, Delilah Rodriguez-Abrah and Jaeson Exter for having their artwork accepted to the Taste of Tropics: Birds of a Feather Exhibition.  

​1/24/23-Congratulations to third graders Ariana Pupo-Rodriguez and Fabiola Barrios for receiving second and third place honors in the 2022 Wildlife Forever's Songbird Contest! Great job! Their work can be seen in the link below and also in this website's gallery section. 
2022 Songbird Winners – Wildlife Forever

1/18/23-Congratulations to the students who worked on the SECME banners in both the elementary and middle school categories. They worked hard and did a great job on producing wonderful banners. Thank you very much. 
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Elementary Banner- Alejandra Nodarse, 4th Grade and 5th Graders Benjamin David and David Brito.