Fourteen Mater Lakes Academy students were honored at a luncheon hosted by Doral College on Thursday, February 16. The luncheon was to congratulate the students on their upcoming graduation from Doral College.Doral College hosted the luncheon at Morton’s Steakhouse with all the high school students that are completing the program attending. Douglas Rodriguez, president of Doral College, addressed the students and commended them for...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center students (from left) Amelia Navarro, Nicholas Campo, and Richard Nin, were selected to participate in the Superintendent’s Honors Music festival under the strings division. Music students are encouraged to audition for the opportunity to perform in this prestigious event and showcase their musical talents.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) graduation rate has reached an all-time high of 80.4 percent for the 2015-2016 academic year, exceeding the average of other large Florida school districts, including Broward, Hillsborough, and Duval county. This 2.3 point increase from last year’s rate of 78.1 marks the highest graduation rate M-DCPS has achieved since the Florida Department of Education began tracking graduation...

Hundreds of students from all over the state of Florida auditioned for the All-State Elementary Chorus and this year, two of Bobcat singers from Bob Graham Education Center were accepted into this prestigious ensemble. In January, Elizabeth Cortina and Alejandro Ugarte performed in Tampa at the Florida Music Education Association in front of hundreds of music educators and parents from all over Florida. Bob Graham Education...

While working to become the next Ernest Hemingway and write the next Great American novel, Joseph Walpole saw a sign – literally. He saw an advertisement on a bulletin board looking for teachers, and so he called the phone number. If you had asked him years ago, he would not have guessed that he’d land at Miami Lakes Educational Center as an English/AICE teacher. Despite this, he is officially the school’s Teacher of...