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...

Hialeah Gardens High School celebrated two
of its educators: Sumitra Singal, who was named Rookie Teacher of the Year, and James “Coach” Bryant, chosen as Teacher of the Year.Singal is in her fifth year of teaching and instructs students in the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism.Bryant is the Culinary Arts teacher as well as the Family, Career and Com- munity Leaders of America district advisor.Bryant is in his 12th year in the classroom.“We...

Columbia University has accepted two students from Hialeah Gardens who also received QuestBridge scholarships.Renee Morales, 18, shown above at left, is a senior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes. Morales plans to attend the Ivy League school in New York City in the fall and hopes to major in Creative Writing and English Literature.Katherine Estrada, 17, shown in the photo at right, hopes to pursue a degree in Biology at...

Ana G. Mendez University will begin teaching 40 degrees completely in English. Many of those degrees will be available to students at its Miami Lakes campus.The new classes will begin in the winter semester that begins Jan. 11. “Ana G. Mendez University maintains its vision of innovation and commitment to finding solutions to serve the needs of the community,” Dr. Jose E. Maldonado Rojas, vice president of academic affairs, said in a media...