Students attending high schools in the Miami Lakes area may benefit from new scholarships to Miami Dade College that are funded by the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce. During the Chamber’s Aug. 10 luncheon, leaders presented a $2,000 check to the school, which represents four, $500 scholarships, Chamber President Fred Senra said. The Chamber board wanted to give back to the community, and the business boosters created the...

Yecenia Martinez, principal at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, greets student Kioja Turner on Aug. 17, the first day of school.

Photo courtesy of the school. 

     Voters chose Realtor Roberto Alonso to represent District 4 on the Miami-Dade County School Board.       “It’s truly an honor,” Alonso, 42, said on Aug. 26. “It’s really exciting and I’m excited. I think there really is a lot of great things that will come from this.”      Alonso, of Miami Lakes, has not been a teacher or worked in public school...

    The School for Advanced Studies is a top destination for ambitious students who want to earn both a diploma and an associate degree during their final two years of high school, without leaving a campus.      The school, known as SAS, is a collegiate high school -- created through a partnership between a college or university and a school district -- that holds classes at five campuses of Miami Dade...

    A forum with the three school board candidates who seek to represent District 4 drew supporters who filled the council chamber at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Aug. 3.       Shown in the photo from left are candidates Roberto Alonso, Maribel Balbin and Kevin Menendez Macki.         The candidates took questions submitted by the public.  The winner will represent northwest Miami-Dade...