American Senior High School’s Dewayne Martin won a Posse Foundation scholarship, his school in Hialeah announced.
Dewayne has been accepted to Hamilton College in
Clinton, N.Y.
He plans to study public policy and economics.
The Posse Foundation selects students from diverse backgrounds to create a group, or “posse,” at universities and helps them become leaders.

The Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s ‘BotOwls’ competed at the VEX IQ Showdown Tournament at the Howard D. McMillan School in Miami on Feb. 22.
The team of seven students placed in 17th out of 30 teams in their first year of competition.
Shown, Jeter Baez, in the sixth grade, and Erik Guillen, a seventh grader, with the team’s robot. Photo courtesy of the school.

Let your kids spend spring break at a YMCA camp with trained staff. They’ll do a variety of activities during the week, from March 23 - March 27. The camp will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Royal Oaks Park in Miami Lakes. If you register before March 6, the price is $80 for all five days. Non-members pay a $50 registration fee and $100 for the five days. There are no daily rates. Swimming lessons will be...

Project UP-START, a Miami-Dade County Public School program that supports homeless students, received a $2,500 check from National Honor Society students at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes. The Goleman students and non-profit Giving Gators held a “color run” on Jan. 24, when kids tossed tinted powder at each other to raise money. National Honor Society students also visited classrooms to raise awareness about...

Area high schools announced their students who have been chosen as finalists for the 62nd Annual Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards. The ceremony will be held May 14 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami. Winners are eligible for a cash prize and statue. They are recognized in different categories for excelling at academics and community service. Previous Silver Knights have included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Bill Conti,...