On October 30th, Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Manny Cid and Councilmembers Ceasar Mestre and Tony Lama participated in the Principal for the Day event at local Miami Lakes' schools.  Principal for the Day is an annual tradition that engages business and community leaders as principals for a day in an effort to build long-term partnerships that benefit both the students and the community.  Cid served as Principal for the Day at Bob...

  Journalism students in Miami Lakes Educational Center’s Cambridge Academy participated in the recent 42nd annual Florida Scholastic Press Association’s Journalism Day at Florida International University’s South Campus. All journalism and TV production students from Miami-Dade County are invited to attend lectures and workshop facilitated by professional journalists, broadcasters, producers, photographers and...

  Miami Lakes children, as well as students from area schools, are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Main Street Banner Art Contest where up to 26 winners’ artwork will be showcased down Main Street on the light pole banners. This year's theme is: “My Home, My Community.” Artworks can show, but are not limited to, any of the following attributes that connect with Miami Lakes: Culture + Heritage, Parks + Nature,...

 

Miami-Dade School Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman hosted a Teen Driver Event at Hialeah Gardens Senior High on October 21 to bring awareness of the dangers of distracted driving, including texting while driving. She is pictured with a group of students who participated in the event and with school principal Dr. Louis Algaze.

  Students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Academy for Emerging Computer Technologies listened and chatted with Olina Helga Sverrisdottir, a 13-year-old coder from Iceland, in the new Innovation Center at Pace High School. Sverrisdottir is a 2013 Runner-Up for the Digital Girl of the Year European award and is an assistant Instructor & Designer at Skema Education. She also won competitions held by the FBI and Carnegie...