Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes has two courtrooms on its campus, and is where it hosted its first mock trial competition for area middle schools.       Competing schools included Bob Graham Education Center, which won first place; County Club Middle School, which took second, and Miami Lakes K-8 Center and Hialeah Gardens Middle School.       Awards were...

      Nine students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes received perfect scores on standardized tests, the school said in November. The students received the scores on the 2022 Florida Standard Assessment and End of Course Assessment exams taken last spring in several subjects, including English Language Arts, math, science and civics.         “We are so very proud of these Bobcats,”...

    Students in the Bob Graham Education Center’s Robocats STEM Academy won the Innovate Award during the Nov. 5 VEX IQ qualifier contest held at Rockway Middle School in Miami. The BGEC team that had one of the top engineering notebooks received that award. Robocats also placed 4th in the skills competition and 5th in the team finals. Team Fruit Loops from BGEC also participated in the competition and came in third place...

     The Monsignor Edward Pace High School Class of 2024 won this year’s Tons of Love Food Drive.        An annual event since the 1990s, the food drive encourages students in all four grades at the school to collect goods for several area charities through its Mission Club.       The winning class receives a trophy for its efforts.      This year, Spartans...

     The Miami HEAT Charitable Fund and BankUnited in Miami Lakes are awarding $5,000 scholarships to five high school seniors who will enroll in four-year, accredited college programs.      Students with financial need from Monroe, Dade, Broward or Palm Beach counties may apply; the deadline is Jan. 28.       Winners must demonstrate academic excellence and an outstanding record of...