And the award goes to the Hialeah Miami Lakes High School! The Trojans’ UN Competition Team won the Best Small Delegation Award last month at Florida International University’s annual competition. Students Rolando Hernandez and Carolina Hernandez won Best Delegate in their respective DISEC Committee, representing the nation of Iran. Jessica Basallo received Honorable Mention for her efforts in the hybrid NATO assembly as...

  The Goleman Gator Recycling Program has been revived after nearly two years of being out of commission. The revival was a combined effort of the Science National Honor Society (SNHS) and Key Club. Between both groups, each taking half of the school, they are responsible for collecting recyclables from around the school on Wednesdays after class. Each classroom has a designated recycling bin and teachers are asked to put the bins...

  Grace Urbina performed a random act of kindness with 100 post-it notes and marker. She wrote messages like “you’re better than a triple scoop ice cream with sprinkles,” “your hair looks great” and “you’re special just the way you are” on the notes and posted them all around her school. Her reasoning? To brighten her classmates’ day. “Insecurity starts in middle...

  Miami Lakes Veterans Committee is inviting residents to join in the annual Tree Planting Ceremony taking place at 6 p.m. on Arbor Day, Friday, April 29, at Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The annual celebration of Miami Lakes’ trees is free and open to the public. Activities are suitable for all ages including the tree planting, information and educational materials for residents, and tree care demonstrations by the...

  Cristina Pla-Guzman, the lead teacher for Pace High School’s Academy for Visual & Performing Arts Theatre Program, has been named a winner of the 2016 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards. Pla-Guzman is one of only 14 teachers across the United States chosen to receive the award, which entails a $10,000 grant for each teacher. Awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington...