Spanish Lake Elementary School students imagined what words Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. might use if he had an Instagram account. On Jan. 15, Lesley Carballo’s fifth grade class watched a program on King’s life and then created bricks emblazoned...

Two local high schools welcomed new principals at the start of 2020. Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School brought Alexander Santoyo on board, and Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College welcomed Yaset Fernandez, both in the first...

Palm Spring North Elementary School’s STEM Space Club visited the Civil Air Patrol Opa-Locka Cadet Squadron on Jan. 18 for a water bottle model Rocketry Day. Club members built and successfully launched their rockets skyward. Shown above, left to...

Students from area schools performed at the Florida Music Education Association’s conference in Tampa, Fla. in January. Sabrina Scavuzzo of Miami Lakes K-8 Center, shown above with music teacher Sara Cino, played double bass with the All-State...

Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High’s marching band needed new instruments. So the school applied to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, established by Michael Kamen. He composed the score for the 1995 film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” about an inspirational...