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...

Space STEM Club students from Palm Springs North Elementary School hosted their fourth annual rocketry day, in celebration of Engineers Week. The #464 Opa-Locka cadet squadron from Civil Air Patrol collaborated to design the rockets. The event took place at Florida Memorial University, Lehman Aviation Building, on February 16. STEM Club students are pictured with their coach Dr. Rossana Chiarella and Captain Rodriguez from Civil Air patrol.

Lawton Chiles Middle School student James Pruszynski won first place in the Science Fair Junior Division in Chemistry with his project of ‘How does salt affect ice and water’. Pruszynski observed how different amounts of salt affect the temperature of the water. Pruszynski’s project also earned him a nomination to compete in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS which was given to the top sixty projects in the middle school division at the district...

Florida International University women's swimming and diving team has been named a Scholar All-America team for their academic performance in the 2018 fall semester, according to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).NCAA Division I, II and III, as well as NAIA and NJCAA teams, are eligible for the distinction, which is awarded to all teams with a combined GPA of at least 3.0.The FIU women's squad posted a...