With an $800 grant from The Education Fund in Miami Lakes, students at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School this school year learned about gardening and nutrition. The kids planted seeds and grew herbs and vegetables. They also attended a Zoom class with Chef Paula Kendrick, of the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to learn how to prepare and eat what they grew. Another project was a rock garden with the messages...

The Kislak Family Foundation granted $100,000 in April to the Florida Literacy Coalition. The gift from the Miami Lakes-based charity will support new adult education and family reading and writing programs in the state, the coalition said in a press statement. The gift will fund: Online classes in English conversation and citizenship; planning grants to establish community-based, family literacy programs and The Kislak...

Two students from American Senior High School will attend Ivy League schools in the fall. Aliya Dhanji, 18, from Hialeah, will go to Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. to study Sociology and Public Policy. “I feel relieved knowing that I have a guaranteed future at a good school and that all my hard work has finally paid off,” Dhanji said in part, in an email from the school. Kelly Lopez, 18, of Miami is headed to Yale...

Ian Cueli, 17, of Miami Lakes, was named a 2021 National Merit Scholar. Ian attended Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School in Miami Lakes and is a senior at Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches. He will attend the University of Florida, and will receive the National Merit Finalist Benacquisto Scholarship, his school said. To become a National Merit Scholar, students must take the PSAT test, the National...

 Christopher Inguanzo, 14, is an 8th grader at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes.      In Christopher’s role as the school’s Student Council historian, earlier this year he interviewed former U.S. Sen. and Fla. Gov. Bob Graham, 84, for whom the school is named.      They discussed the importance of civic engagement and Graham’s legacy, among other topics. Q:  You have...