Once again, Virnalis Arvelo's Miami Lakes K-8 Center eighth grade language arts students earn a perfect 10 on the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) text-based writing. Every year, Arvelo promises to take her top writers out to dinner, and this year was no exception as they celebrated at Shula's 2. (Pictured from left) Eduardo Lacau, Madelin Yi, Virnalis Arvelo, Mia Concepcion and Nicole DelRio.

  Local high school seniors seeking financial assistance for college can apply for the Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship, as the company is offering $20,000 to 150 recipients chosen for the award. Students who will be graduating during the 2018-2019 school year can apply for the program scholarship through Wednesday, October 31 at 5 p.m. The program scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to recipients, who are...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center and Techincal College (MLEC) hosted a recent ribboncutting event launching the first lab in Florida that teaches building automation systems technology to both high school and adult students. MLEC partnered with The Siemens Building Technologies Division (SBTD), which is the North American market leader for safe and secure, energy-efficient and environment-friendly buildings and infrastructures. As a...

  NAF, formally known as the National Academy Foundation, is a national network of education, business and community leaders who work together to ensure high school students are college, career and future ready. NAF’s educational design ignites students’ passion for learning and gives businesses the opportunity to shape America’s future workforce by transforming the learning environment to include science, technology,...

  Mater Academy High’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) team recently competed in the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, where the Lions finished among the top chapters in America. From June 28 through July 1, the Mater Academy team demonstrated excellence performance, which earned them a first place finish in business financial, sixth place in business plan and eighth place for banking and...