High school seniors are invited to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the Miami Lakes Bar Association. Seniors have until Feb. 4 to submit copies of their last report card, their student identification card and a personal statement. The personal statement should be a paragraph in length about why they should win the scholarship. Applicants may submit their paperwork to the Law Offices of Stephanie A. Cruz by emailing...

 Hialeah Gardens Middle School defeated Miami Lakes K-8 Center; Country Club Middle School and the Bob Graham Education Center at the 3rd Annual Mock Trial Competition hosted by Barbara Goleman Senior High School and its Law Honor Society on Dec. 10.           Attorneys Christina Fiallo, Trinette Zarran, Steven Herzberg (a town councilman) and Lorenzo Cobiella (deputy town attorney) served as judges....

   Ana G. Méndez University welcomed families to celebrate Three Kings Day on Jan. 3 at its Miami Lakes campus. For Christian faiths, the Three Kings traveled to see baby Jesus 12 days after his birth, an event marked by the Epiphany holiday on Jan. 6.  At the university, kids from Miami Lakes enjoyed presents and bicycles during an afternoon of music, food and fun. Ray and Yaimet Palacios of First Origin Mortgage Lenders...

     Three Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School students will be heading to competitive schools in Cambridge, Mass. this fall.       Harvard College accepted Maurits Acosta and Roberto Carmona in Dec. 2024; Michael Cuba will attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after receiving a QuestBridge scholarship.       Maurits, 17, of Hialeah, is vice chair of the Miami Lakes...

     Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy in Hialeah announced in December that QuestBridge helped three of its students receive college scholarships.       QuestBridge is a non-profit organization in Palo Alto, Calif. that assists high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds to attend summer courses and obtain college scholarships, internships and mentors.       Gabriela Aloma arrived in...