A current Mater Lakes Academy student and two of the school’s alumni recently passed the National Certification Exam for emergency medical technicians. Mater Lakes Academy began the 2013-2014 school year with a health and science program with courses in Emergency Medical Responder and Health Science Foundations, under the instructions of Nicolas Wydra and Ron Piel of the Miramar Fire Department and Christopher Wydra of the Hialeah...

A distinguished group of students has been recognized by the Florida Department of Education and the Bob Graham Education Center family for earning a perfect score on one or more of the 2015-2016 state assessments - FSA. The administration and faculty are proud of the students’ achievements. Pictured (from left, back row) James Jackimczuk (assistant principal), Jonathan Pearson, Natalie Triana, Kaitlyn Ruano, Joseph Mooney, Sabrina...

Monsignor Edward Pace High alumnus Jorge Sedano was selected to co-anchor Nacion ESPN 2, ESPN’s first bilingual sports news show, which was launched on September 26.The cable network airs the one-hour weekly program with Sedano, a Los Angeles sports radio host, boxing reporter Bernardo Osuna and ESPN Deportes online journalist Marly Rivera.The show, which airs on Mondays at 5 p.m., gives the sports team the opportunity to analyze the...

Florida International University senior Brian Ho has landed a prestigious job before graduation. Ho is among 16 undergraduate students in the U.S. who were awarded a scholarship from the National Institutes of Health, which includes a one-year, paid research position in Bethesda, Maryland when he graduates from college.Ho, a biology major, was chosen for his academics and community service to his college and national programs. He participated...

On September 23, Miami-Dade School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman was honored at the Second Annual Hispanic Leadership Awards Luncheon hosted by the Hispanic Education Coalition of Palm Beach County (HEC) in partnership with the Jose Marti Foundation at the Harriet Himmel Theater in West Palm Beach.Hantman, a Miami Lakes resident, was recognized for her contributions and dedicated service toward promoting educational equity for...