Miami Dade College’s Homestead campus and the Lennar Foundation are offering MDC Builds, a free, 10-week online certificate program for those who seek entry level jobs in the construction industry.    There are morning and nighttime classes as well as advisors, mentors, transportation vouches and meals, the school said.     Students will have both classroom and hands-on training in carpentry, electrical systems and plumbing.     They will...

     The town of Miami Lakes is providing working parents with a child care option for students enrolled in public schools who resumed virtual learning on Aug. 31.     Called E-Learning Support Day Camp, the town is partnering with YMCA staff who will monitor kids as they do their schoolwork in a public center in town.     During its Aug. 18 meeting, the town council approved a plan to provide places for 54 students, from ages 5 to 12.     As...

It’s an accomplishment to make it to 12th grade, and Barbara Goleman Senior High School students who get there take the opportunity to stand out. Gators – both boys and girls --  create crowns to emphasize their status among the student body. Although these seniors won’t get to wear their royal coronets while strutting the halls of their school in Miami Lakes, they kept up the tradition and posted photos on social media. Shown above, left to...

Eddie the Spartan, the mascot for Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, welcomed students Aug. 17 during a car parade that was part of orientation for the new students. Orientation days in previous years would include campus tours and visits to classrooms, but those traditions couldn’t happen during the coronavirus pandemic. Students began attending classes online on Aug. 19.  Shown above is Eddie the Spartan and student Matthew...

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School welcomed their youngest Cheetahs, PreKindergarten students ages 2, 3 and 4, on Aug. 19.  Faculty and staff cheered arriving students and Father Luis Flores, Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of the Lakes Church, greeted them as they arrived. Students enrolled in Kindergarten through eighth grade began their classes online that day. The Archdiocese of Miami offered parents of PreK students a choice for their...