Miami Streetside Manifesto, the youth group band of the 4:12 Student Ministry at New Testament Baptist Church, decided to give back to those in need just in time for Christmas Eve. On December 24, the Miami Rescue Mission hosted their annual Christmas Eve banquet which fed over 1,000 needy families for this holiday season.  Streetside Manifesto was invited Tuesday morning, as hundreds gathered, to perform some holiday...

  Hilda Pinate, a senior at Miami Lakes Educational Center, was honored on December 13 as the Student of the Week by radio station 99.1 FM (99 JAMZ). The station recognizes outstanding high school students from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. The selection is based not only on outstanding GPA but also for representing their school, family and community in a positive way. Pinate was honored for her academic success and...

  Two Miami Lakes Educational Center students, Mario Font (left) and Michan Walsh, placed among the top 18 students in the recent David Essner Mathematics Competition XXXIII held at the University of Miami. The two are juniors in the Cambridge Academy. A total of 122 students from 25 schools participated in the event.

  Earlier this year members from Florida International University's Black Law Student Association (BLSA) visited Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) to speak with 25 seniors regarding a career in law and applying to law school. the session was very informative as students gained insight on the process from GPA to LSAT testing. HML staff and students are looking forward to meeting BLSA members once again during the second...

  The AP Cambridge Capstone program, commonly referred to as simply the Capstone program, at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, has received praise from the College Board which has credited it as a "flagship school," a model for other schools to emulate. The Capstone program is still a fairly new program with only 20 participating schools worldwide, four of them in Miami-Dade County. Up until now the Capstone program, which requires a...