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AKTIV Learning Academy is a K-12 educational institution in Virginia Gardens, FL, dedicated to helping students with learning disabilities and special needs reach their full potential. Founded in 2005 by Maribel Alvarez, the academy emphasizes individualized attention and employs customized curricula to address the unique learning styles and challenges of each student. With a strong focus on developing essential academic, social, and life skills, AKTIV Learning Academy employs experienced staff trained in various educational and behavioral strategies. Their mission is to ensure students are equipped with tools for success and become happy, well-adjusted individuals ready for everyday living. Generated from the website

Board of Trustees Back to Home Marian Center School and Services Mission The mission of the Marian Center is to educate, train and serve persons with a developmental disability and assist them to wholeness, pursuant to the dictates of the Gospel and of the Church's call to love, charity and Justice.Founded and incorporated in October, 1963 the Marian Center began its first school year in the Fall of 1964 with the goal of providing a quality education to students with developmental disabilities, at the highest individual level each was capable of achieving. Coleman F. Carroll, then the Bishop of Miami, asked The Sisters of St. Joseph Cottolengo to start a school specifically to serve this population. Eleven Sisters traveled to Miami from Italy on October 21, 1963: Sisters Lucia, Consolata, Enrichetta, Giuseppina, Carla, Paola, Ada, Enrica, Maria, Giovanna and Giulana. Today there are four highly trained, qualified and experienced Sisters. Three have been here since 1963 ( Sister Lucia, Sister Carla, Sister Paola ) and Sister Lidia, who came from Italy in 1996. There is also a specialized and caring staff of professional teachers, aids, therapists, and support staff.