Town council members and state Sen. Manny Diaz, Jr., R-Palm Springs North, toured area schools in September to celebrate state ratings achieved during the 2018-2019 school year.
Officials visited Miami Lakes K-8 Center; Miami Lakes Educational Center; Barbara Goleman Senior High; Bob Graham Education Center and Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High.

Photos: School Board of Miami-Dade County, courtesy.

Teacher planning days -- when schools are closed to students -- can be every parent’s nightmare.To alleviate that stress, the town is offering camps to occupy kids on those days, in partnership with the YMCA.On Oct. 9, Oct. 25, Nov. 4, Nov. 11 and Nov. 27, kids will be offered enrichment programs that include sports; health and wellness programs; games; arts and crafts; tutoring and other recreational activities.To register a child to attend...

The United States Constitution was 232 years old this year, and Mayor Manny Cid talked about that document and the rights and freedoms it protects when he visited with the students at Montessori Children’s House of Miami Lakes.“The Constitution made it possible for me to do what I’m doing today,” Cid said during the Sept. 18 talk. “It’s the reason my family moved to this country. It has been extremely impactful to me and my family.”Cid said...

A fourth grade student at Bob Graham Education Center put aside his hopes for gifts on his 10th birthday and instead, asked his friends to donate supplies for victims of Hurricane Dorian. Robert Mathieu celebrated his birthday Sept. 14. He’s shown in the photo above surrounded by donations on stage at the school that is at 15901 NW 79th Ave. in Miami Lakes.Robert doesn’t have ties to the Bahamas, but his parents taught him that service and...

Miami Laker Ramiro Inguanzo was recently appointed to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Secure our Future Advisory Committee.In Nov. 2018, Miami-Dade County voters approved a .75 mill increase in property taxes to improve teacher compensation raises and increase security in schools.Revenues of $240 million generated from the additional tax have come in, Inguanzo said on Sept. 13.School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman appointed Inguanzo...