Salute to Education is a scholarship program created and funded by the South Florida Ford and Lincoln dealers and Ford Motor Company. The program announced its 2016 award total of $168,000 in scholarships and laptop computers to 112 Miami-Dade and Broward County high school graduates.Among the students selected were a number of locals. Melissa Gutierrez from Hialeah Gardens Senior High was selected for the Foreign and Language Arts category,...

Monsignor Edward Pace High recent graduate Destiny Wilson, The Miami Herald’s 2016 Flag Football Player of the Year for Miami-Dade County, has signed to attend St. Thomas University in the fall.Wilson, a running back and wide receiver, also made The Miami Herald’s All-Dade First Team after recording 1,796 total yards, 34 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for the 2016 season, leading her team to the district championship by defeating...

Chief Ian A. Moffett of the Miami-Dade County Schools Police (standing, left) served as moderator in a friendly competition with police officers and Barbara Goleman students from the law magnet geared to serve as a Law Enforcement lesson.

Jenise Fernandez of WPLG Local Channel 10 was nominated for Best Traffic Reporter at the Third Annual Media Excellence Awards, handed out by Christopher Columbus High School’s student-run television station CCNN Live. Fernandez is a Monsignor Edward Pace High School alumni from the class of 2006.The Miami native earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Florida International University, and interned at WPLG and...

Miami Lakes Middle School eighth-grade student Deeanna Jones was honored for recording  perfect attendance for seven consecutive years during the school’s 2016 Banquet and Awards ceremony last month.Jones also made the school’s Superior Honor Roll for three grading periods during the 2015-2016 school year, and she was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society and The National Association of Student Councils.Jones...