Bob Graham Education Center students in the Civic Engagement Academy got a civics lesson earlier this month from State Senator Rene Garcia, State Representative Manny Diaz Jr., and Miami Lakes Councilmember Frank Mingo.The students were in Tallahassee and received a tour of the Florida Senate and House chambers respectfully, and learned how an idea becomes a law and how the Florida budget works every year. Hitting close to home was how the...

On Saturday, April 1 Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Alberto Carvalho, and the Foundation for New Education Initiatives (FNEI) are teaming up to host the second 5K Challenge to benefit Miami-Dade public schools. The 5K will take place at Museum Park, 1075 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami from 7 a.m. to noon. The registration deadline is March 25. All participants running for a school team will help FNEI support their...

Sydney Medina of Miami Lakes has qualified for the Fall 2016 Dean’s List at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.Dean’s List students must have at least a 3.4 grade point average and no grade lower than a C. Seton Hall is one of the nation’s leading Catholic universities.

The season of lent begins on Wednesday, March 1 with Ash Wednesday. Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 18400 N.W. 68 Ave, will begin the season with a soup and bread meal at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall on Ash Wednesday. The service with the imposition of ashes will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The Lenten Series is titled “Galilee to Jerusalem Journey of a Pilgrim” where the service will biblically trace the...

Bob Graham Education Center’s Civic Engagement Academy Policy Making Committee traveled to the state’s Capitol in Tallahassee, where the students presented their Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act proposal in hopes of lobbying lawmakers to enact a law to raise awareness of the risks of SCA due to undetected heart conditions. The group’s project was inspired by the sudden death of 11-year-old Breanna Vergara, who died after...