The Benaiges family has made their mark at Barbara Goleman Senior High School.  Bryan Benaiges, the youngest of three brothers, all of whom attended Goleman, will be graduating as the top student of his class of 2014. With a weighted GPA of 6.167 Beniages earned from multiple dual enrollment and advanced placement courses, it's not hard to see why the senior was accepted into Georgia Institute of Technology....

        Miami Lakes Educational Center nominated twelve students for The Miami Herald’s Silver Knight awards in late May. MLEC’s nominees included: Enswert Binns was the nominee for Art. The senior, who was involved with the Cambridge program at MLEC spent his time teaching art interpretation to children in the Jose DiMaggio Children's Hospital. Latisha Miller, the nominee for Business, organized grant...

  Through its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program, the Comcast Foundation is awarding more than $180,000 in scholarships across Florida. A total of 35 students will each receive $1,000 toward their education. Of those recognized are local students Disa Rathore from Mater Academy Lakes High School, Nicholas Fernandez from Monsignor Edward Pace High School, and Ashley Gomez from Mater Academy Charter Middle and High School....

  Barbara Goleman's seniors were nominated in different categories for the The Miami Herald’s Silver Knight Award program. The nominees were a handful among dozens throughout the county.The winners were awarded in late May. Goleman's Silver Knight nominees included: Bryan Benaiges has a weighted GPA of 6.167. Some of his accolades include receiving the Outstanding Student Award in subjects like AP World History, Language Arts and...

  Perla Tabares Hantman, chairman of the Miami-Dade County School Board, is joined by Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez and a group of students at M.A. Milam K-8 Center during a celebration of the 20th of May, Cuban Independence Day. On that date, Cuba ceased being a colony of Spain and joined the community of free democratic republics in the Western Hemisphere. For the past 11 years, Hantman has been sponsoring this celebration at the...