Language Arts Teacher Virnalis Arvelo treated eighth grade students from Miami Lakes K-8 Center to dinner at Shula’s Steak 2 on Aug. 6 to celebrate their results on the Florida Standards Assessments. Some students received a perfect 10 score in writing, some earned a 5 in the English Language Arts exam, and others scored both of those grades, Arvelo said. The group had the best FSA scores out of all eighth graders in the school,...

Julian Cardeso, 4, raises his hand during Pey-Guy Marra's PreK 4 class on Aug. 23, the first day of school at Miami Lakes K-8 Center.

The school is at 14250 NW 67th Ave. Photo courtesy of the school.

With the support of The Graham Companies and Realtor Lynn Matos, graduates of the Bob Graham Education Center’s Civic Engagement Academy each received a medallion and gavel to commemorate their participation in the program, the school said. Christopher Inguanzo received the BGEC/University of Florida Bob Graham Center for Public Service award for leadership and civic engagement, presented each year to a graduating 8th grader. The...

For four students at Miami Lakes Middle School, their legal studies academy project was personal. Their school auditorium was partially flooded in November, 2020 after Tropical Storm Eta struck South Florida. The high waters lingered in many neighborhoods for days. The students got to work on a solution. They wrote an ordinance to prevent flooding that related to driveways in residential districts. Their research included bicycle...

Miami-Dade County Public School board members voted Wednesday to temporarily require masks for students and staff while indoors and on buses during the school year that begins Monday, Aug. 23.  Students who have medical reasons or religious beliefs against wearing a mask will be excused, the district said.  Dr. Steve Gallon III, vice school board chair, said it will evaluate the state of the pandemic weekly, as well as...