The ZONTA Club of Miami Lakes awarded its 2026 Amelia Earhart Scholarships to two students at Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing.       Rahmina Rubaiat and Nikita Singhi each received $1,000.       The awards were in recognition of their academic excellence and commitment to advancing research in critical fields that impact public health and...

    The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization presented Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board Member Roberto J. Alonso with its Safe Roads Champion Award.      The recognition is for leaders who “strengthen regional safety initiatives” and “advance context-sensitive road design.”       Alonso represents the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board on the planning...

    Gabriel Diaz of Miami Lakes was one of two students chosen to represent Florida in the 64th Annual United States Senate Youth Program in the nation’s Capitol.       Diaz, 18, was among 104 students from around the country who gathered for what the program calls an “intensive week-long study of the federal government and the people who lead it.”        Participants...

     Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School’s debate team is going to the national championship to be held Harvard College in April.      The Trojans placed at the White & Case 2026 Policy Debate Nationals Qualifiers on Feb. 28, held at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus.       HML’s Speech and Debate Sponsor Michelle Simon said in an email that the school took...

    Bob Graham Education Center’s dancers are National Champions.       Both the elementary and middle students showed off their skills at the 2026 Dance Nationals Contest of Champions held at the Universal Orlando Resort from Feb. 28 to March 1.       The squads came home with several awards including the national title in the junior high/middle school category for pom, which is...