What is college really like? The best way to answer that question is to go visit a college campus, to walk through the hallways and classrooms, to talk to current students and faculty. But, travel is expensive and whose parents can take the time off from work to traverse the country?Yordanka Mezawi, Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) teacher of the year, started the process of organizing a school trip at the end of last school year....

Elizabeth Berenguer is a sophomore at Jose Marti MAST Academy. She recently attended the Florida Future Business Leaders of America state leadership conference and competition in Orlando from March 22 - 25. She earned first place in district and states for entrepreneurship which qualifies her for the 2019 National Leadership Conference which will take place in Texas from June 24 to July 2. Berenguer is pictured with her first place trophy.

The “Stemtacular Trojan Family Night” was held on April 17 in the Hialeah Miami Lakes (HML) gymnasium. This is the third year that the HML community has celebrated academics with a fun, interactive family night and this year’s event was the largest yet. The Mathematics, Science, ELA, Social Studies, Technology, Robotics, Student Services and Fine Arts departments collaborated for a Harry Potter themed night. The event was free to all...

Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) National Honors Society (NHS) partnered with Children Battling Cancer (CBC) to support their Easter collection drive. The students organized a drive and collected small toys to go into Easter baskets that would be delivered to children at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, so that they could enjoy the holiday from their rooms.“I love to organize these donation drives because I know they are going to...

Ryan Campos is a senior at Barbara Goleman Senior High and will be graduating this June.Campos has been accepted into the Honors College at Miami Dade College. He is graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors and was recently accepted into the Science National Honor Society. Campos has been a member of the Miami-Dade County Youth Commission representing District 13 since 2016, is a founding member of the Town of Miami Lakes Youth Council and a...