Giuliana Ladeira of Miami Lakes Girl Scout Troop 902 earned a Silver Award for her project to attract Monarch butterflies by creating a butterfly garden at The Growing Place at Miami Lakes Congregational Church. Giuliana, shown at center in the photo above, and Scouts Gabriela Jimenez, at left, and Grace Gonzalez, shown at right, planted milkweed and other plants to attract the insects.     Giuliana is among 23...

     American Legion Post 144 honored two students from Miami Lakes K-8 Center on May 25. Max Davis and Ava Rodriguez, both rising sixth graders, received the American Legion School Medal and Certificate during a presentation at the school.       The students met six criteria to qualify: Courage; patriotism; honor; scholarship; leadership and service.      “This is the highest...

      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...