Spanish Lake Elementary hosted their first movie night under the stars for this school year on Sept. 6. Miami-Date County Commissioner Esteban L. Bovo, Jr. sponsored the event. “Coco,” a Disney movie, was shown on the campus at 7940 NW 194th St. to a large crowd of students and their families.
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Three Lawton Chiles Middle School students received perfect scores on state tests and were recognized Sept. 9 by their school, which is at 8190 NW 197th St. in Miami.Photographed with Principal Stephanie M. Tudor is Samuel Dominquez, who answered every question correctly on the Florida Standards Assessments 7th grade mathematics exam, and Hector Verdun, who aced the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards civics test.Ramiro Rojas, pictured...

A Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High student inspired by lessons learned in BizCamp has created an all natural hair product.Sophomore Kimberly Downer, 15, who is enrolled in the school’s Digital Media Magnet program, says her Natural Beauty treatment does not have preservatives and keeps hair healthy and moisturized.Downer developed the product during last summer’s camp, a program designed by The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.It gives...

Twenty students achieved perfect scores on state exams they took last spring while at Bob Graham Education Center. Students received certificates that recognized theirachievements on the Florida Standards Assessments for English language arts, math, Algebra 1 and Civics and the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in science.Students not pictured have moved on to high school.“These scholars are to be commended on their extraordinary efforts...

When Stephen Papp was a teenager, he didn’t care much for high school.“I was one of those students who did the bare mini-mum,” Papp said. “I just wanted to get by.”It wasn’t until high school when a junior high English teacher changed his perspective, and his life.“She made me feel like I could do anything academically,” Papp said. Th e teacher challenged him to take her honors class, and soon...