It’s the rainy season, and recent heavy downpours flooded town streets with excess water that rose toward front doors.  The Town of Miami Lakes is offering teenagers an opportunity to earn community service hours by making sandbags to help protect properties. Kids can volunteer at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 NW 87th Ave. Contact John Paul Yanes, at yanesj@miamilakes-fl.gov.       The sandbags are free to...

 Residents who watched the town council meeting on July 9 may have noticed several kids take turns sitting on the dais in the Mayor’s seat.       The six students are part of the Summer Youth Internship Program sponsored by Miami-Dade County Public Schools.       The Miami Lakes mayor’s office offered the students a chance to see how government works from inside town...

Sabrina M. Alonso, a sophomore at Miami Lakes Educational Center, completed the University of Miami High School Podcast Workshop in June. Sabrina, 15, lives in Miami Lakes with her parents Juve Alonso and Christina Alonso and her younger sister Adrianna Alonso. The podcast that she co-hosted with a classmate is entitled “The Remote Revolution: The effects of remote work on children.”  The young journalists...

  Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School Senior Maurits Acosta will serve as the Miami-Dade County School Board’s student advisor this school year.       “I decided to run to be student advisor to the board to improve the student experience in our public schools and continue to help develop a culture where the student voice is a top priority for our district,” said Maurits, 17, of...

Students enrolled in any public, charter or private schools in Miami-Dade County are eligible for a K-12 EASY Card. The card enables students in kindergarten through 12th grade to ride a Metrobus and Metrorail for half-price. Preschoolers ride for free. The EASY card can be loaded with a daily, weekly or monthly pass. The $2 charge for the card is waived for first-time applicants, the county said. Students may also add a cash...