Miami Lakes K-8 Center language arts teacher Virnalis Arvelo treated 16 students to dinner at ML Steaks +  Sports. The annual tradition by Arvelo celebrates her eighth-grade students who score a 5 on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking. Arvelo started the tradition in 2010 and has maintained it through the years.      “We have so many exceptional and hard-working students at Miami Lakes K-8 Center and I...

The Miami Lakes Bar Association presented recently graduated Barbara Goleman senior Gabriel Diaz with a $1,000 scholarship at the June 16 Miami Lakes Town Council meeting.      Diaz will attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall where he will study computer science and environmental engineering.      “The purpose of the scholarship was to recognize an outstanding graduating senior from...

When Alexander Brito isn’t helping to shape the next generation of football players or creative writers, he’s writing. Brito, 32, an English teacher at Barbara Goleman Senior High School and the offensive line coach for its football team, recently published his debut novel, “Creatures of Habit” with Current Words Publishing. “Creatures of Habit” is the story of Yovanni Guerra, told through journal...

Students at Monsignor Edward Pace High School really got into the spirit of Earth Day through several activities at the school. “Supported by the Marist Green Team Ecology Grant, the initiative was rooted in the principles of Laudato Si’ by [the late] Pope Francis,” Surella Rodriguez, director for alumni relations at Pace, wrote in a press release about events. “[A 2015 encyclical has] a focus on ecological...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools are serving free breakfast and lunch on weekdays at 170 schools through July 31. There is no income requirement or registration required. Meals must be consumed on site; there is no longer grab and go service. Area schools including Bob Graham Education Center and Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes are serving students this summer. To find a school and see the days (some don’t serve on...