Hialeah Miami Lakes (HML) senior Naomi Valdez will be heading to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in the fall of 2019. She applied for an early decision in the Engineering Program and was thrilled to receive her acceptance notification on December 13.Valdez has had a successful high school experience at HML. She will graduate in June with dual enrollment credits from Florida International University which she earned on campus. Additionally,...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center students and staff celebrated their “Teacher of the Year” day with Elizabeth Rebustillo, an 8th grade science teacher.

Several students at Miami Lakes K-8 Center received perfect scores on the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) for the 2017-2018 school year. The FSA is a combination of reading, writing and math tests. Students from third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade and eight grade all received certificates. Pictured are principal Yanelys Canales, and teachers Kristina Cala (3rd Grade), Romi Perez (4th grade) and Jennifer Gomez (5th Grade), along with...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK) students have been busy singing, dancing, acting and playing instruments in celebration of the December holidays. On December 10, PreK, K and 1st grade students along with the schools Elementary Chorus performed “A Holiday Celebration” at Barbara Goleman Senior High.The performance began with a 20 minute mini-musical of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” where the chorus, directed by Sara Cino, sang story-telling...

Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) is proud to have Magna Cum Laude graduate from Florida International University, Gabriella Helsper as SLE’s Rookie Teacher of the Year and a finalist in the North Region.She is married to Michael Helsper who is also a Miami Dade County teacher who shares his unconditional advice, love and support. She thanks her parents and her elementary school principal from Blessed Trinity Catholic School, principal Perez for...