Miami Lakes officials saluted Ana Knapp, a social worker of two decades who works on behalf of children who have unstable housing.       Knapp works in Miami Dade County Public Schools’ Project UP-START program, in the North Region.           During the June 6 municipal meeting, Councilmen Ray Garcia, Luis Collazo and Josh Dieguez presented to Knapp a...

     For the past 39 years, The Graham Companies has awarded college scholarships to graduates of Miami Lakes Middle School. The $1,000 checks are distributed when scholarship winners complete high school.      This year’s recipient is Mayte Mendez. She is shown above at right, with Andrea Graham Rechichi, vice president of corporate relations for The Graham Companies.      Mayte is a...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center Language Arts teacher Virnalis Arvelo Students treated students who earned top honors on state exams to dinner at ML Steaks + Sports in Miami Lakes. Since 2011, it’s been an annual tradition for Arvelo’s eighth graders who receive a Level 5 on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking in English Language Arts and Reading. This year’s dinner was held May 17. Nineteen students scored a level 5; Virginia...

 Students in second through fifth grades who received level 1 or 2 on the F.A.S.T. exam and participate in a reduced lunch or equivalent program may be eligible for free math classes offered in Miami Lakes.       The summer program is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon - 3 p.m., until Aug. 11.     It is supported by the Math Equity of South Florida program, the Giving Gators charity and...

 The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust recognized students from Lawton Chiles Middle School for their work in the Homeless Sensitivity Poster and Essay contest. Alicia Jerez, shown at left, is an eighth-grader who won 2nd-place. Ashley Aleman, right, who is in seventh grade, received a 3rd-place ribbon. With art teacher Lilian Gonzalez, center, they were honored May 25 at the Stephen P. Clark  Government Center in downtown Miami....