Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board announced it is accepting applications for the Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarship presented by The Graham Companies. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Miami Lakes. All applications must be received by March 30 and will be forwarded to the Education Advisory Board for their selection of the two winners. The Mayor, Town Council and a...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s yearbook, The Alpha & Omega, has made a lasting impression and earned its spot in Herff Jones’ 2014 Ideas That Fly, Volume 20, that recognizes the most elite yearbook covers, designs, coverage, photography and themes. MLEC’s yearbook was one of only 343 chosen from the thousands printed by Herff Jones each year. The Herff Jones yearbook marketing design team designated only the...

  Barbara Goleman Senior High School students (from left) Stephen Ledon, Alexander Berrara, Nicholas Rose, Daniel Quintero (kneeling), Daniel Wong, and Carlos Aguila participated in the Thirteenth Annual Fairchild Challenge in late January. This was the first time the school participated in the British-styled debate at the Fairchild Gardens. The challenge is meant to engage students of diverse interests and backgrounds to explore the...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools held its annual Regional Science Fair event at the Miami-Dade College STEM Expo on Saturday, February 7. Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) School was represented in the Science Fair by the school’s first place winners. At the county event, Ryan Milian won a first place Superior Gold Medal for his “Greasy Chips” project and Anabelle Ballate received an honorable mention for her...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School principal Ana Garcia has been selected to receive the National Catholic Educational Association’s Catholic Secondary Schools Department Educational Excellence Award for 2015. Garcia is among seven recipients of the award nationwide and was selected out of all of the Catholic secondary school principals in the Southeastern United States to receive this award. A Pace Class of 1980 alumna, Garcia...