Two teachers in the bilingual department at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes retired at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Shown is Barbara Jimenez, who worked for Miami-Dade County Public Schools for 39 years. And Elvira Marquez-Lardies, who taught for 14 years, the school said.
Photos courtesy of the school.

The Town of Miami Lakes is recognizing high school graduates with banners that are hanging along Miami Lakes Drive. Families paid $105 for the signs that will be displayed for three months. The Class of 2020 -- whose graduation ceremonies were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic -- are in good company. Veterans and active members of the military are also honored with banners that fly along the drive. Photo: Linda Trischitta, The...

Reta Lee, who spent decades teaching town kids how to swim in her backyard pool, died May 26. She was 89. On June 16, the town council voted to rename Miami Lakeway South near her family’s home in the Lake Katherine neighborhood “Reta Lee Way.” Councilman Joshua Dieguez, a former pupil of Lee’s, sponsored the resolution. He shared a photo of them that was taken during a lesson when he was a little boy. “She touched...

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School in Miami Lakes saw 48 students complete eighth grade. Among the kids who were saying goodbye and progressing to high school during a parade on May 29 are, top to bottom in photos below: Daphney Lagroue, Jennifer Benitez and Cristian Becerra. Photos courtesy of the school by Juan Espejo Photography.

Miranda Ferradaz, 18, of Miami Lakes, graduated from Monsignor Edward Pace High School. An accomplished forward/midfielder on Pace’s soccer team, she received a scholarship from St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens. “Talent without hard work is nothing,” Ferradaz told the university when she committed to the women’s soccer program. Ferradaz, shown in the photo above, is a daughter of Rosa Marrero of Miami Lakes and Leonel...