Gabriella Mestre is a junior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School (BGSHS) who is raising money for homeless awareness in her community. To combat these issues, she started an initiative in her school called Teens Against Homelessness (TAH).  Mestre emphasizes the problem of homelessness across communities in South Florida, and believes that the problem could easily be eradicated if people come together to help one another. ...

  Bob Graham Education Center’s (BGEC) Civic Engagement Academy (CEA) won first place in Miami-Dade County Public School’s “We the People” District Competition on January 11. The team continued to the State’s “We the People” Competition in Orlando on February 2 where they won first place for the fourth consecutive year. CEA teachers Jackeline Hernandez and John Brady worked relentlessly...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently announced the two winners for the 32nd annual Roland Gomez Scholarship award during a ceremony at Miami Lakes Middle School. For the girls, Erika Castroman, who plays softball and attends American High School, won the top prize, $1,000 for college expenses and a gold medal. Emilyrose Morejon, a student at Mater Academy who  plays basketball was the runner-up with a silver medal, and Alyssa...

Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board (EAB) announced it is accepting applications for the 2018 Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarship presented by The Graham Companies...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Pace) announced that 14 Class of 2018 seniors recently received their letters of acceptance from Florida State University (FSU).  The students accepted were Eudens Antoines, Tajmara Antoines, Kai Cooper, Tivvon Cruickshank, Luis del Rio, Rose Delva, Aleisha Fleurantin, Sharon Flores, Emily Llerena, Alexander Pereda, Mikeiveka Sanon, Sebastian Santelices, Mya Sheril and Nickolas Valdes. After...