Love and unity in the community was the theme of the Orange Bowl’s Creative Art Contest. Creations by two seventh grade students from Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy placed in top spots in the middle school division. Jasmine Andino, 13, shown at left, created a digital illustration, above at left, that placed first in the contest held in the weeks leading up to the annual Capital One Orange Bowl college football game. The game was...

     The Florida Dairy Farmers chose Mater Academy Charter Middle/High School volleyball head coach Elsa Lopez Class 6A Coach of the Year for volleyball.       Lopez led the girls team to the 2020 Class 6A State Championship in November and the school’s first state title in girls volleyball.      The Lady Lions finished the season 9-2, which was shortened due to the...

     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.     ...