Students from area schools performed at the Florida Music Education Association’s conference in Tampa, Fla. in January. Sabrina Scavuzzo of Miami Lakes K-8 Center, shown above with music teacher Sara Cino, played double bass with the All-State Middle School Orchestra. Below are Sienna Menendez, Jade Morejon and music teacher Alejandro Fuenmayor of Bob Graham Education Center; the students sang with the All-State Elementary Chorus. In the...

Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High’s marching band needed new instruments. So the school applied to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, established by Michael Kamen. He composed the score for the 1995 film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” about an inspirational composer turned music teacher. The foundation donates instruments to schools that can’t afford to replace what wears out. On Jan. 30, the foundation along with representatives from ticket reseller...

When eighth graders from Bob Graham Education Center competed at the Junior Orange Bowl VEX IQ Tournament in November, their teams won awards for documenting how to build a well-crafted robot in their engineering notebook. Those wins entitle the Robocats to compete at the South Florida State VEX IQ Middle School Tournament and at the 2020 CREATE U.S. Open Robotics Championship - VEX IQ - Middle School Division, in Iowa, both in March....

The Miami Dade College women’s volleyball team finished their season 29-3, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship. It was the Lady Sharks’ third try in four years at the national tournament. The 2019 squad is, top row, left to right: Freshman outside hitter Erika Asencio; freshman setter Ana Araujo; sophomore middle blocker Kimberlie Apolinario-Correa; sophomore...

The Dad’s Club of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School will host a unique competition to benefit the school: A pig roast, called Pig Nic. The porkers will be cooked on Jan. 26 by 14 teams of amateur chefs who are parish members. The results will be judged by a panel that includes Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid; school Principal Barbara Picazo; former principal Ricardo Briz; Avian Guerra of the La Caja China company; Rodolfo Cabrera of...