Miami-Dade Public School Board Chairwoman and Miami Lakes resident Perla Tabares Hantman last week was nominated as Urban Educator of the Year by the Council of the Great City Schools. Each finalist is being recognized for outstanding contributions in improving urban education.  Hantman was chosen as a finalist for the accolade for epitomizing leadership and characteristics that demonstrate her compassion, concern and commitment...

  American, Barbara Goleman and Hialeah Miami Lakes senior high schools were among 22 Miami-Dade schools that were recognized by First Lady Michelle Obama’s program to promote youth physical activities that is also aimed at increasing academic performance.Miami Lakes and Country Club middle schools were also recognized by Obama’s third generation initiative named “Let’s Move! Active Schools.”Last week,...

  On Wednesday, October 7, Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy’s Athletic Program will be hosting a fundraising event at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza and Ben & Jerry’s located within the Royal Oaks Plaza in Miami Lakes.   The MAST PTSA is raising money for the athletic rogram to purchase new uniforms and equipment. The athletic program was ranked 28th overall in Miami-Dade County last school year and is...

  Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart mailed congratulatory letters to Miami Lakes Educational Center students Nathalie Mirena (left, front) and Stephanie Brito (right) congratulating them on their recent accolades. Brito was honored as the Top Female Student at M.I.T. this past summer and Mirena was awarded Best New Video and Best News Coverage at the University of Miami’s journalism program. She is now entered in the Dow Jones...

  When Eric Acosta, principal of Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML), told his faculty he wanted to introduce new programs to the school, entrepreneurship teacher Ted Dinicola jumped on the opportunity.Dinicola, a sales professional who spent 22 years in the business world, has been teaching entrepreneurship classes at HML for 10 years. The expansion of entrepreneurship classes into a magnet would mean a planned trajectory for...