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...

  Town of Miami Lakes and Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) have joined forces to form an education compact that will utilize each organization’s collective resources for the greater benefit of students and residents of Miami Lakes. The education compact received final approval at the February 11 Miami-Dade County School Board meeting. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Town Council, members of the...

 

Miami Lakes resident Stephanie Fouts and former Miami Lakes resident Amanda Meador have earned Dean’s List status for the recently ended fall term 2014 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. A student must earn above a 3.4 grade point average to be on the Dean’s List. Meador also earned Honor Roll status with a grade point average of at least 3.75.