Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) journalism strand in the Cambridge Academy annually presents capstone projects that are completely student-led. Neyda Borges, English Department chair and Journalism advisor, assembled a group of judges from media-related backgrounds to rate the projects for constructive feedback for the presenting students. During one day of presentations, Laura Gonzalez presented Le’Mode, a fashion...

  At a special meeting of the Miami-Dade County School Board, Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho presented a re-structuring overhaul of the District’s operations. The reorganization focuses on a realignment of purpose, functions, and positions, resulting in a savings of over $6.5 million for the school district. The plan was unanimously approved by the School Board. The reorganization eliminates redundancies and duplication of...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School’s science team participated in the Fairchild Challenge and ranked fourth in the competition’s final standings. Maria Castro received second place for her Adopt-A-Tree flyer design and Myles Lopez received a special merit for “Solid Points of Discussion”in the environmental debates on biodiversity. Students are pictured in the school’s butterfly garden, one of the...

  The “amazing graduating class of 2015” is what Barbara Goleman Senior High School principal Joaquin Hernandez calls the latest graduating class. Hernandez and the rest of the school administration and faculty are celebrating the achievements of the class of 2015 which also includes the first graduating Capstone class. Goleman’s class of 2015 totaled 483 graduates. Of those, 158 earned 2,160 college credit hours and...

  Top students from local schools received the designation of Valedictorian and Salutatorian for their effort and achievements. A school’s valedictorian is the highest-ranking student, followed by the second-highest, salutatorian. The valedictorian typically also gives the valedictory speech at graduation. Schools also award recognition in Latin honors such as Summa Cum Laude, with highest honor, Magna Cum Laude, with great honor,...