The Bobcat dance competition team of Bob Graham Education Center and their coach Mayri Martinez participated in the State Competition that took place at Charles F. Dodge City Center. It was held on January 27 and it was hosted by The American Dance Alliance. This is the second competition of the season and the Bobcats competed in several categories against several magnet schools. The team received three third place awards for Jazz, Lyrical...

One of the longest running and most highly acclaimed live theaters in South Florida, GableStage, brought Hamlet to life on March 6 at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). The play is one of Shakespeare’s most loved and well known tragedies. But this production was different. The GablesStage adaptation, titled “AKA Hamlet,: brought the 400 year old play into the 21 century.The original Hamlet is about a man that seeks revenge after his...

Hialeah Miami Lakes High School’s (HML) DECA team and faculty sponsor Ted Dinicola traveled to Orlando the first weekend in March to participate in the DECA State Career Development Conference (CDC). The 27 Trojan team members participated in a variety of events and competitions in multiple fields. Junior Janette Camejo and senior Stephany Sanchez competed in the Community Service Project category, garnering eighth place statewide for their...

Lawton Chiles Middle School (LCMS) announced its accomplishments in this year’s Miami-Dade County 2019 STEAM Expo on January 26. LCMS’s students Eddy Paiz and Umed Bokhari won first place in the bridge building competition. Students Emma Caraballo and Ignacio Ariza won first place in the robotics competition with their robotic hand. In March they will compete in the bottle rocket competition and the egg drop competition. LCMS thanked Rafael...

Mayor Manny Cid visited Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) on January 31 to discuss politics, town initiatives and his own career with The Harbinger staff.A lot has changed in the last 20 years. Here, in Miami Lakes, those changes include more parks, recreational facilities and more opportunities for community involvement, said Cid who fittingly is one of the youngest mayors of one of the youngest cities in Miami-Dade County. Cid was only...