During presentations at the July 8 County Commission meeting, Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. recognized the following honorees: Bryan Calvo from Westland Hialeah Senior High School, Silver Night nominee; Dr. Kenneth Handelsman from Westland Hialeah Senior High School, Teacher of the Year; Lisa Espinosa from Westland Hialeah Senior High School, Rookie Teacher of the Year; Erica Nunez, PTA president of Miami Lakes K-8 Center for...

  South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union (SFEFCU) hosted 15 high school seniors from several Miami Dade County Public Schools as part of its Summer Internship Program. Students from Career and Technical Education Programs were selected to work in the Credit Union’s headquarters and branches. The Summer Internship Program provides interns a real-life working experience. Students work for five weeks in Accounting, Branch and...

  Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho and Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) administrators and teachers participated in the second annual Synergy Summer Institute which provided training for over 700 principals, assistant principals and teachers from throughout the school district.The Synergy Summer Institute took place in early July for three days of professional development at Miami Jackson Senior High. The...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering free field trips to Miami Marlins games once a month on Thursdays for residents 55 years and above. The bus departs from Town Hall, 6601 Main Street and guests should arrive two hours before game time. ID is required to show proof of age. Space is limited. Reserve seating on the bus one week in advance of each of the field trip dates by contacting Special Events and Committees...

  Stephanie Brito, a senior in the Journalism Strand of the Cambridge Academy at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) was awarded the Top Female Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Summer Program (MITES). Brito was one of 70 students selected from across the country and Puerto Rico to participate in the MIT program, the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES). The program is a rigorous...