Town Foundation awards $18,605 in grants for education, community

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, November 13, 2024

    The Miami Lakes Town Foundation has awarded $18,605 in 12 grants to local schools and a non-profit to support education and foster community.       The money comes from the annual Miami Lakes Food & Wine...
  The Early Development of Global Education Charitable Foundation (EDGE) presented an award to JetStream Federal Credit Union in honor of the credit union/s charitable contributions and active partnership throughout the year. On hand to accept the award was JetStream’s vice president of Human Resources Miozoti Serrano. JetStream as recognized on behalf of its continued participation and support for the Edge’s charitable...
  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) will be adding four new Distinguished Academies to its existing three Distinguished National Academy Foundation (NAF) career academies. M-DCPS now has seven of the 22 nationally recognized high-quality academies demonstrating that their programs perform at the highest level in preparing their students for college and careers. This national distinction in the most of any school district....

Reading Coach Raquel Hernandez named MLEC's Teacher of the Year

Education By R.A. Romero, The Miami Laker staff Wednesday, April 30, 2014

  “Teaching is my calling,” said Miami Lakes Educational Center's Teacher of the Year, Raquel Hernandez. “My mother often mentions that as a little girl I would play with my dolls and teach them what I had learned in school. What I find most fulfilling about my job is the fact that for me it is not work at all. Confucius said, ‘Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life’.”...
  Local artists can paint their way to a glamorous night of creativity and fulfilling endeavor in a contest to determine which art work will adorn the walls of Miami Lakes Government Center. The Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs and Cultural Affairs committees and Youth Activities Task Force are hosting the inaugural Art Collaborative, an art competition culminating in a gallery night grand opening and weekend exhibition. The Art...

Oh, no! My kids want to be rich, what do I do?

Community By Max Sanchez, Special to The Miami Laker Wednesday, April 30, 2014

  “We want to be rich! We want to be rich! We want to be rich!” Imagine listening to that for over 24 hours straight! Let me tell you what happened to me a few months ago, after watching Richie Rich with Macaulay Culkin (oldie but goodie). My 4 and 6 year-olds  decided they wanted to live like Richie Rich. All the regular clichés came to mind: “Money doesn't grow on trees,” and “Money is the...
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