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.
Sylvania Heights Elementary School is a learning center that is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. It enrolls more than 500 students in prekindergarten through grade five. The school provides the English for Speakers of Other Languages program. Sylvania Heights Elementary School operates a parent-teacher association that encourages parental involvement in children s education and sponsors various fundraising events and activities. It provides extended foreign language and gifted and talented education programs. Sylvania Heights Elementary School offers occupational therapy, guidance counseling and medical care services. The school also provides a variety of programs in art, music and physical education. Sylvania Heights Elementary School is located in Miami.
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.
Located in Miami, Oliver Hoover Elementary School serves more than 1,000 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. The school began as a portable school in 1982. It is one of the first schools to establish school-based managed or shared decision processes. Oliver Hoover Elementary School has been the recipient of the Golden School award for nine consecutive years. The school has also been recognized twice as one of the top performing elementary schools in Dade County. It has a library that houses general reference materials, magazines, dictionaries, biographies and atlases. The school s child care program provides a safe and nurturing environment. Oliver Hoover Elementary School is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
