Goleman hosts first North Region High School Mock Trial competition

Education By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, March 18, 2026

   Barbara Goleman Senior High School and its Law Honor Society hosted the Miami Lakes Bar Association’s first North Region Mock Trial Competition for high school students on Jan. 21, with support from prominent attorneys in town who presided as judges.      Teams from Mater Lakes Academy, Hialeah Gardens High School, Hialeah Senior High School, and Goleman faced off in Goleman’s professional...

The Education Fund honors Laura W. Ratliff of The Graham Companies

Education By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, March 18, 2026

     The Education Fund recognized Laura W. Ratliff, one of three sponsors it spotlighted during its annual Taste of Education at Hialeah Park on Feb. 24. Ratliff is a vice president and the commercial portfolio manager at The Graham Companies.  Both The Graham Companies and The Education Fund are based in Miami Lakes. For more than 35 years the developers have supported the Fund and its projects.    ...

Florida Bandmasters Association awards HML’s Concert Band an Excellent rating

Education By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, March 18, 2026

     Hialeah-Miami Lakes Concert Band earned an excellent rating at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 16 Concert Band Music Performance.       The performances were held at Hialeah Gardens High School from March 4 to March 6.       Four judges reviewed the band’s performance; their ability to play a piece of music the band hadn’t seen before and the student...

Local student shines at National Championship game

Sports By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, March 18, 2026

     Before a sold-out audience in her hometown stadium at the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship, Brianna Therve met the opportunity of a lifetime and performed like a star.      Producers chose Therve, 18, a junior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, to sign “America the Beautiful” as the Florida Memorial University Ambassador Chorale sang the song.     ...

Hate Ends Now project welcomes visitors at Town Hall

Education By Linda Trischitta and Alexandra Herrera Wednesday, March 18, 2026

    Inside a replica cattle car like those used by the Nazi regime, shoe prints marked where crowds of men, women and children on their way to concentration camps during World War II would have stood.       Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René García invited a non-profit group called Hate Ends Now to bring the cattle car, artifacts –- a yellow Star of David patch; a sign for Zyklon-B pesticide used...
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