Many area schools celebrated Dr. Seuss Day on March 2 by encouraging kids to read, and pre-kindergarten students at Miami Lakes K-8 Center donned their “Cat in the Hat” gear to get in the spirit of author Theodor Seuss Geisel’s creations.      The students at the school, at 14250 NW 67th Ave., are in teacher Pey-Guy Marra’s class. The day celebrates the author’s birthday and encourages...

     Bob Graham Education Center student Alyssa Fernandez recently won a superior award for her science fair project on mass and distance at her school and in a district competition for elementary students. Alyssa is in fifth grade.       “The projects were all based on following the scientific method and conducting a valid experiment,” said Pablo Aguerre, BGEC math and science teacher....

      Both Bob Graham Education Center and Lawton Chiles Middle School have a lot to be proud of this spring. The schools will represent Miami Lakes during the VEX IQ Robotics World Championship in Dallas, TX in May.       The teams placed for the Worlds during the March 6 state championships that were held in Pembroke Pines.      The Bob Graham Education Center’s Code Masters team...

Broward College named Christina Paniagua to its dean’s list for the fall, 2021 semester.      “I’m very proud because it’s been tough,” Paniagua, 35, said.      She was referring to juggling her full-time job as an accountant with The Graham Companies.       She is also married to high school sweetheart Daniel Paniagua and is the mother of their...

     The American Library of Poetry has published a poem by Camila Forero in its annual student anthology “Expressions.”      Camila’s poem “Spring” was chosen for the collection. She is a fifth-grade student at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes and her work is included with writing by students from across the country who are in the third to twelfth...