Alumni from Hialeah Senior High School are raising money to help former classmates with medical expenses. Led by Gary Snow of Snow’s Jewelers, the group calls themselves Gary and the Calendar Girls of the ‘60s. In 2011, they began to fundraise by selling calendars with themes, Snow said. The friends dressed in costumes and posed for the photos. This year they’re hosting a Halloween Sock Hop on Saturday, Oct. 30 at...

 The South Florida Autism Charter School celebrated the grand opening of its five-acre campus and facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 17.      The school, at 3751 W 108th St. in Hialeah, says it is the first charter school in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties dedicated to children who are on the Autism spectrum.  The campus has 200 students enrolled in kindergarten - 12th...

     Alexa Darnaby, 17, a senior at the School for Advanced Studies’ north campus in Miami, has already published two books in her young writing career.       Her latest work, “Hamlet: A Children’s Book” was inspired by her love of literature.       Alexa says she has always enjoyed reading and writing, and that playwright William Shakespeare fascinated...

Since kids have returned to school, drivers have complained about more traffic in Miami Lakes during drop-off and pickup times. What's the solution? Amy Diaz Miami Lakes Owner, FH Fashion House     “As I currently sit in school traffic for drop off myself, I just don’t know what we can do to alleviate it given most of these streets are one lane streets,” Amy Diaz...

     Monsignor Edward Pace High School Class of 2014 alumnus Nicholas Fernández is pursuing a degree at Yale Law School this fall, the high school said.      Fernandez, formerly of Miami Lakes, was a National Merit Scholar, Student Government Executive Board president and editor-in-chief of the “Torch” yearbook while at Pace. He has returned to campus to teach world history.    ...