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,...

  On October 4, over 100 middle school students from across South Florida attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Third Annual SpARTan Boot Camp. The one-day camp featured workshops in art, drama, dance, and music taught by the lead teachers of Pace’s Signature Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. Workshops were split into morning and afternoon sessions with a talent showcase for parents at 2:30 p.m. While some...

  Bob Graham Education Center student Kaylen Grass and her Social Studies teacher, Ingy Cruz, traveled to Washington D.C., as a part of a program that celebrates National Constitution Day. Each year on September 17, the nation celebrates the occasion when schools receive federal funding and federal agencies provide education about the U.S. Constitution. The event across the country includes student-led readings, political panels, tours...

    Miami-Dade County Public School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman and School Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho lead students, teachers, parents and community leaders during the “International Walk Our Children to School Day” on October 8 at Meadowlane Elementary. The international program promotes pedestrian safety education, safe walking skills, and walking as exercise for good health and physical fitness.

  Congratulations are in order for Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School for receiving national recognition as an Accelerated Reader Master School. The honor was announced last month, as the school’s classrooms earned the Accelerated Reader Master Classroom Certification, and 16 classrooms earned the Accelerated Reader Model Classroom Certification. The Accelerated Reader program has helped students enhance their reading skills...