First Day of School in Miami Lakes

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, September 4, 2025

     Area schools welcomed back students on Aug. 14 to start the school year. Kids enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade enjoyed first day activities, and some wore custom crowns to mark the beginning of their senior year....
Bob Graham Education Center celebrated the sixth grade Civics Engagement Academy (CEA) students on their Lead to Feed service project they have been working on this year. The name of their project is “Lovin' Muffins.”  They have donated over 1,200 muffins throughout four months to the Center for Family and Child Enrichment Inc., an agency that has group homes and foster homes for children in state custody.  The students...
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) will broadcast select senior high school graduations via webcast. The video production classes at John A. Ferguson Senior High School will broadcast and record 15 graduations held at the University of Miami Watsco Center between May 31 and June 8, 2017.For a list of graduations to be webcast and to view the graduations, visit http://tv.dadeschools.net and select the graduation button. For a complete...
Goleman Senior High School student Rebecca Vega has a long history of academic achievement and her latest addition to the growing list is her recognition and invitation to receive the Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Award of Excellence at a conference held in Boston in June. This award is granted to those students who maintained a high GPA and are pursuing a career in medicine. Vega is a former Cambridge Academy student at Miami...
Mater Lakes Academy’s Health Occupation Students of America group recently competed in the 40th annual HOSA State Leadership conference in Orlando, where Sally Lu (pictured above) earned second place in the Knowledge Test and is headed to the national conference this summer in Washington D.C. HOSA is partnered with STEM Premier to provide members with the opportunity to apply for college scholarships for students who are seeking careers...

His House offers foster parent training days

Community Wednesday, May 3, 2017

His House Children’s Home is holding foster parent training days on Saturdays, May 6, 13, and 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 20000 N.W. 47 Avenue Miami Gardens.Foster care parents receive daycare, medical and dental care, and a monthly subsidy to assist with the care of every child. In Broward County alone, over 150 children enter into the foster care system on a monthly basis. Answer the call to become a foster parent. For more...
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