Rachel Autler, principal at Hialeah Gardens Elementary School, has been named the 2020-2021 Principal of the Year for the North Region Office of Miami-Dade County Schools.      “I am ecstatic about receiving this accolade,” said Autler.            She has led the school, at 9702 NW 130th St., for the past six years and was...

  Spanish Lake Elementary School has chosen its top teachers for the 2020 - 2021 school year.      Teresa E. Murphy is Teacher of the Year and on Feb. 4 she was named the 2022 Francisco R. Walker Teacher of the Year. Murphy teaches 4th graders multiple subjects:  Reading/language arts; Math, Science and Social Studies.      She has been in classrooms since 1993 and at Spanish Lake...

Miami Lakes Middle School sweetened their Teacher of the Year and Rookie Teacher of the Year awards with some Krispy Kreme doughnuts.       The Teacher of the Year is Edvore Joseph, who has 18 years’ experience at the school.       He teaches Algebra and Geometry to 7th and 8th graders.     Rookie Teacher of the Year is Jesse Dominguez.     ...

     Christopher Artau blew away the competition when he won the 2020-2021Florida Bandmasters Association Composition Contest in December.     Christopher, a sophomore at Mater Academy Charter Middle/High School in Hialeah Gardens, plays the trumpet and French horn.     He created an original jazz composition entitled “Blossom,” and was chosen as the sole winner in the state of Florida, according to Jose Ruiz, Mater Academy’s band and music...

Here’s one way to get your child to eat her veggies: Have a car that drives itself deliver produce to your home. Miami Lakes non-profit The Education Fund partnered with Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, the Ford Motor Company Fund and Argo AI’s self-driving technology for eight weeks beginning in October. During the partnership, Ford Fusion hybrid self-driving sedans delivered nearly 500 bags of produce from The Education...