Just in time for the beginning of hurricane season, a new pet responsibility lesson that includes a video offering pet care tips during natural disasters became part of the curriculum for fourth and fifth graders in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS). The video is the second collaboration between Miami-Dade County Animal Services and MDCPS. The lesson plan focuses on the importance of having a family preparation plan for an...

  DepositAccounts released the 2015 edition of its Top 200 Healthiest Credit Unions in America which included Miami Lakes’ own JetStream Federal Credit Union. This marks the second consecutive year JetStream has been named, a feat only accomplished by 66 out of 6,655 federally insured credit unions.  DepositAccounts rates credit unions annually based on evaluations of the financial health which are graded on a number of...

  Miami Lakes’ Team Mooo was recognized as the second highest fund-raisers for this year’s American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event, raising $4,200 to help the voluntary health organization find a cure for the deadly disease. The group of high-school students were honored by Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Miami Lakes for their fundraising efforts. Team Mooo raised the money with car washing events and the...

  Miami-Dade School Board chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman and Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle recently recognized Miami Lakes Educational Center student Samoa Blanchet for winning the District 4 Human Trafficking Awareness Art Contest. The contest was sponsored by Rundle’s office and Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Human trafficking in Florida is the illegal trade of human beings for sexual exploitation or...

  The Kiwanis Club of Greater Miami Lakes has recently chartered the Key Club at American Senior High School. The addition of American’s Key Club brings the total of sponsored leadership programs in area high schools to a total of seven. Key Clubs are present at Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High, Miami Lakes Educational Center, Mater Lakes Academy, Hialeah Gardens Senior High, Jose Marti MAST Academy, and Barbara Goleman Senior...