Located in Miami, Tropical Elementary School is operated by Miami Dade County Public Schools. The school serves more than 400 students in prekindergarten through grade five. Founded in 1955, it offers various programs, such as English for speakers of other languages, mathematics, music, art, physical education, reading and Spanish. The elementary school has a media center, cafeteria, and special education and music and art rooms. Its media center has a collection of more than 13,000 print and nonprint materials, closed-circuit television-equipped broadcast studio, networked computers with Internet access and online book catalogs. Additionally, it offers special education programs for mentally handicapped, gifted, and physically and visual impaired individuals. The school also has a therapy department that provides physical, occupational, speech, hearing and nursing respiratory therapies.
Founded in 1924, Little River Elementary School is located in Miami. The school serves more than 550 students in prekindergarten through grade five. It conducts classes in various subjects that include reading, writing, math and science. It offers Title 1, accelerated reader and English for Speakers of Other Languages programs. Little River Elementary School s range of extracurricular activities includes art, music and physical education. The school also offers Spanish as a foreign language. In addition, it provides special education to students with learning disabilities. Its staff includes a custodian, psychologist, social worker and speech pathologist. The school also features a library and media center that maintains a collection of books, databases and reference materials. Little River Elementary School is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Established in 1961, Howard Drive Elementary School is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. It offers education to students from prekindergarten through grade five and has an enrollment of more than 550 students. Its amenities include a cafeteria, library media center, playground, computer lab, over 30 classrooms, and art and music rooms. It has a staff of certified teachers that provides academic classes in computer technology, language arts, special education, foreign language, English, math, science and social studies. The school organizes various special programs, including cosmos center, young friends of the everglades, lunch bunch, birthday book club, reading rainbow and math superstars. Howard Drive Elementary School is located in Miami and maintains a parent-teacher association that conducts periodic meetings and organizes various events and activities for the overall development of the school.
Olinda Elementary School has been operational for more than 35 years and is located in Miami. The school has an annual enrollment of more than 3,700 students in kindergarten through grade five. The school provides academic education in various subjects, such as art, music, physical education, reading, English as a Second Language, speech, math, science, social studies and computer instruction. It offers the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, which measures and monitors students ability in reading, writing, mathematics and science. In addition, the school provides transportation, medical care and food services to students. Olinda Elementary School is governed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which governs elementary, middle, high, alternative and charter schools.
