Goleman adds one-of-a-kind law enforcement magnet

Education By R.A. Romero, The Miami Laker staff Wednesday, July 1, 2015

  Without missing a beat, Barbara Goleman Senior High School has celebrated the accomplishments of its 2015 graduating class while simultaneously planning for the future. As the first graduating Capstone class left the halls of Goleman for higher education, for 2015-2016 new students will be entering into a new magnet program called the National Security Intelligence Academy (NSI). The NSI Academy is also referred to as The Law...

Pace High students give back to the community with quarterly blood drives

Education By Rene D. Basulto, Special to The Miami Laker Wednesday, July 1, 2015

    In accordance with their Catholic beliefs and dedication to community service, Pace High School students have always gone above and beyond to help those in need. No where is this more evident than its quarterly student-run blood drives held at the school. Pace student volunteers from the Leadership team run each blood drive in conjunction with the One Blood organization which provides the buses and necessary materials for...
  Miami Lakes residents David Pacheco and James Pullen were among 50 Miami-Dade high school graduates who were awarded the 21st annual Salute to Education scholarship sponsored by South Florida Ford and Lincoln dealers and Ford Motor Company.A total of $75,000 in scholarships were awarded to the students who also received laptop computers.Pullen, who graduated from Hialeah Miami Lakes High School, won in the category for sports, while...
  Spearheaded by the Education Advisory Board, in partnership with Miami Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), the Town of Miami Lakes announced that Bob Graham Education Center and Miami Lakes K-8 Center will offer a first of its kind advanced placement preparatory course for eighth graders beginning in August. The course, Communications Methodology Honors, enables students to highly refine communication and critical-thinking skills...

Samoa Blanchet honored for artwork

Education Wednesday, July 1, 2015

  Miami-Dade School Board chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman and Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle recently recognized Miami Lakes Educational Center student Samoa Blanchet for winning the District 4 Human Trafficking Awareness Art Contest. The contest was sponsored by Rundle’s office and Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Human trafficking in Florida is the illegal trade of human beings for sexual exploitation or...
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