Educators who want to expand their curriculum with innovative courses which they design can apply for grants from The Education Fund. The nonprofit supports public school teachers and students in Miami-Dade County and is headquartered in the Town of Miami Lakes. “The Education Fund provides teachers with an incentive to try new methods by giving them the financial support they need that otherwise wouldn’t be...

Three juniors from Monsignor Edward Pace High School won Aspirations in Computing Awards. The National Center for Women & Information Technology works to increase the participation of girls and women in computing. Pace students Diana Porras and Gabriela Cespedes won the organization’s 2021 South Florida Affiliate Award. Exmiralda Bazile won the Rising Star, 2021 South Florida Affiliate Award. The juniors are part of Pace’s...

Loubensky Baine, 19, has won a Patti Grace Smith fellowship which gives him a $2,000 award and an internship with an aerospace firm. Baine graduated from Miami Lakes Educational Center and is a sophomore at the University of Central Florida. He is studying aerospace engineering and is one of 43 Black aerospace majors in the country to win the fellowship, the university said. “I am honored that the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship...

Gina Rose Montalto was a 14-year-old girl, one of 17 students and staff who were killed in 2018 during a shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Gina Rose’s death inspired her parents Jennifer and Anthony Montalto to become activists for safe schools. They also created the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation in honor of their daughter. The foundation is offering several scholarships, including...

The Hialeah chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs saw how the COVID-19 pandemic and remote learning negatively affected families and students working from home and took steps to fix the problem. Members of the club donated $10,000 in February to the Miami Lakes K-8 Center. The money is to purchase 25 laptops and a cart for use in the school, at 14250 NW 67th Ave. The new computers will replace devices that were...