The 2018-2019 Miami-Dade Public school year is near a close. Join these Miami Lakes area schools in celebrating their success and hard-work at their graduation or promotion ceremonies. Some are by invitation only. Contact schools for more details.Dade Christian School's Kindergarten Graduation, Monday, May 20,Dade Christian School Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.Dade Christian School's Fifth Grade Crossover, Wednesday May 22Dade Christian School...

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) recognized Mater Academy Charter High School sophomore Melanie Gonzalez as the 25th Congressional District’s winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition “An Artistic Discovery.” Gonzalez’s painting, titled “Sunkised” (displayed on the wall), was chosen out of 66 entries submitted from 12 participating schools. Her creative piece will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

The students of Monsignor Edward Pace High School (PACE) recently held their second annual Hunger Fest event to help feed Miami’s homeless community.Beginning on May 3, a group of 20 PACE students and members of the school’s faculty began 24 hours of fasting and prayer as a way to raise awareness for the many impoverished individuals who go hungry in their local community and around the world.While going without food, students prepared...

Mercedes F. Ferreira-Dias is a senior at Mater Lakes Academy (MLA). Not only is she the school’s Valedictorian, but she will also be attending Harvard University. In addition to all her prestigious accomplishments, on May 8 she was endowed with the honor of being selected into the Presidential Scholars program.This program has recognized her as a high school senior from Miami-Dade County as the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts out...

Mater Lakes Academy (MLA) is proud to have junior Sophia Torres representing their school as the Community Service Chair for MDCPS Student Government. MLA has an active participation with the SGA of MDCPS. Torres made it her goal to be on the board since she began in SGA. So as a current member of MLA’s SGA, she has the experience needed to be a representative on behalf of MLA.Torres had to go through an application process by submitting a...