The Education Fund awarded Spanish Lakes Elementary’s (SLE) newest art teacher, Jessica Castillo, a Mural Grant. The grant was funded through the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation and the R. Kirk Landon Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to increase student awareness in selecting healthy, organic foods and pride in their school cafeteria through art. The students used abstract painting styles to fill in their...

  The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy will honor nine teen mentors from Miami-Dade County with Teen Trendsetters Excellence Awards for their leadership and service. Students mentoring in the foundation’s program assist first through third graders with reading during weeklong tutoring sessions.  Seventh grader, Alicia Urrutia, from Bob Graham Education Center is among the Miami-Dade County School District...

  For the past 35 years, Duke University's Talent Identification Program, or Duke TIP, has identified bright seventh graders based on standardized test scores achieved while attending elementary or middle school.  The following Dade Christian School students participated this year: Katherine De Pani, Leila Medina, Miguel Tavares and Kayla Torres. Both Tavares and Torres qualified for state recognition by scoring approximately at or...

  Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board and The Graham Companies presented the two winners of the Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarships at the May 5 Town Council meeting. Both students are highly accomplished and demonstrated excellence in both academics and community service, and were chosen as the winners by the Education Advisory Board. The $1,000 scholarships are provided by The Graham Companies.  Kaitlin Castillo, a...

  For the second time in Goleman’s history, the school’s badminton team won the Divisional Championship title at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC). “We had a good season with a great finish,” said coach Debbie Perez. Three-year Boys Doubles champ, senior, Danny Xie and Anthony Dally went undefeated in five matches to declare victory. Also undefeated was junior, Patricia Miranda in Girls Singles, which...