Miami Lakes K-8 Center's Ollie Owl Booster Club will be hosting its annual Fundraising Garage Sale on Saturday, November 15, from 8 a.m. to noon. Monies raised from the day's sales go to help the different school clubs, fund community endeavors, activities, field trips, and any needed supplies. School clubs that will be participating include varsity and JV cheerleaders, the Salsa Club, Future Educators of America, the basketball team,...

  Robert Inza has come full circle at Barbara Goleman Senior High School. He is a member of the first graduating class, a former English teacher and Activities Director and newly appointed assistant principal, the first Goleman alumnus to be named an administrator. From the time he was a child, Inza was an engaged and motivated student. He recalls being eager to go to sleep so  the next day school would come sooner....

  Perla Tabares Hantman, chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board and Governing Board Member of the Miami-Dade MPO, was appointed by the MPO Governing Board at its October 23 meeting, along with four other members, to serve on a Committee, which will select a replacement of the current MPO Executive Director who is retiring at the end of the month. The MPO is a federally mandated and funded transportation policy-making organization...

  Miami-Dade School Board Member, Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall was one of the first recipients of the Georgia L. Jones-Ayers Community Award for her outstanding commitment to children. The award was presented during the African Heritage Cultural Arts Coalition’s Annual Spirit of Excellence Gala on Saturday, October 25, at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in Miami.  The award is named after community activist...

  The Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) at Hialeah Gardens Senior High School was selected as one of ten academies across the United States to participate in the Lenovo Scholar Network. This program enables the next generation of developers and entrepreneurs, through a robust mobile app development curriculum, to participate in a project-based competition that tasks students with designing and developing a mobile app and business...