The Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s Youth Flag Football League held registration for the upcoming Fall season on August 16 and 23 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. The registration fee is $100 for returning players and $120 for new players. Call 786-859-6925 to inquire about late registration or visit www.miaflag.com. The registration fee is $120 for online registration.  The league is open to boys and girls aged 5-15....

  Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE), The National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Center of Excellence in Florida partnered with the National Manufacturing Institute, the South Florida Manufacturers Association (SFMA) to host the “Young Manufacturers Academy” (YMA) in Miami Lakes. The Academy was held July 28 through August 1 at Miami Lakes Educational Center. The Academy was offered to 16 middle school...

  Registration and enrollment opportunities are now available at Spanish Lake Elementary School (SLE). The local Bilingual School Organization (BISO) curriculum at SLE is designed to produce students who master listening, speaking, reading and writing both in English and Spanish, in addition to the prescribed core curriculum.  The SLE staff works with parents to meet individual student needs as they foster the development of...

 

Miami Lakes resident Sabrina Larsh, a member of Miami Lakes Girl Scout Troop 500, got an opportunity to attend Ag Discovery at North Carolina State University. In the two week outreach program provided by a grant from the USDA, she learned about careers in plant science with hands-on training from university professors, practicing entomologists, botanists and plant pathologists working for the U.S. government.

  School Board members engaged in a visioning session and discussed priorities with Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho in preparation for the school year ahead at a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel. Carvalho unveiled the new programs and improved procedures specifically designed to better serve the needs of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools students and stakeholders, and laid the groundwork for a five-year District Strategic Plan for...