The Jewels Dance Team at Barbara Goleman Senior High School are national champions after competing in the NDA High School Nationals in Orlando March 3 - 5.       The team last won the national championship in 2011, when Coach Cianella Crystal was a senior at the school and captain of the team. The Jewels’ other coach is Yessenia Monegro.       They scored in three...

The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering these in-person classes.     Teen Crafty Corner Thurs., April 20  4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Explore your creativity through multi-media crafts.  Ages 12 - 18. Homework Help and Tutoring  Sat., April 22, 29,  Sat., May 6  10 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Free, in-person tutoring by certified teachers for grades K-12 in reading, math...

     April is Autism Awareness Month, and it is also Autism Acceptance month, a message shared in recent years to include those in society who are diagnosed with the neurological condition.      The HDS Foundation in Miami Lakes provides school-based programs to students with diverse abilities so that they may become self-sufficient and attend school or vocational training.      Its home in...

     Janaysa Dorcin, 18, from North Miami Beach is a 12th grader at American Senior High School and is its valedictorian.       She is to attend Harvard University in the fall, her college and career advisor Martha Subias-Porro says.      Janaysa is class president and studied in the Cambridge program. She is also enrolled at Miami Dade College, from which she hopes to obtain an...

     Members of Barbara Goleman Senior High School and its National Honor Society and the charitable organization Giving Gators present a $3,000 check on March 14 to benefit children who live in unstable housing and are educated through Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Project UP-START program. The funds were raised at the National Honor Society’s color run, Giving Gators said.      Shown in the...