Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board (EAB) and The Graham Companies announced the two winners of the Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarships at the May 3 Town Council meeting.The two recipients are both Miami Lakes residents and received a $1,000 Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarship presented by corporate sponsor The Graham Companies.Elizabeth Ruiz, a graduating senior from Mater Lakes Academy, will attend Florida Atlantic...

Three young concerto winners, one student composer and an alumni composer – presenting two world premiere pieces – will be the featured performers during a special South Florida Youth Symphony (SFYS) concert at 4 p.m. on May 22 at the Lehman Theatre in Building 5000, Miami Dade College North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27 Avenue.Admission is $10.“This is really a remarkable event and promises to be an exceptional day of music,”...

Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High’s television production students were honored at a Miami-Dade County Public School Board meeting for producing an anti-bullying video. The students’ video was selected over other schools during the school board’s Digital Citizenship Video Contest.  The participating schools were asked to produce 30 second videos promoting positive messages that correlate to social media.  During the...

Marina Cepeda, Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High junior, was selected as one of the four vice presidents for the Florida DECA organization for 2016-2017.Before joining DECA, Cepeda had considered doing something STEM related, but at the urging of entrepreneurship teacher, Ted Dinicola, she joined the organization her freshman year and soon after qualified for state competitions. She hasn’t stopped pushing forward ever since.When the...

Bob Graham Education Center’s Robotics Club Robocats finished in first place at the VEX IQ competition at the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair for the STEM portion of the competition last month. The Robocats are pictured with Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.