High school seniors may apply for Miami Lakes Future Leaders Scholarships.      Two $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors who live in town.      The deadline to apply is April 7.       The application package should include an essay of up to 750 words that describes how the student hopes to make the world a better place.      ...

     Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes has two courtrooms on its campus, and is where it hosted its first mock trial competition for area middle schools.       Competing schools included Bob Graham Education Center, which won first place; County Club Middle School, which took second, and Miami Lakes K-8 Center and Hialeah Gardens Middle School.       Awards were...

      Nine students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes received perfect scores on standardized tests, the school said in November. The students received the scores on the 2022 Florida Standard Assessment and End of Course Assessment exams taken last spring in several subjects, including English Language Arts, math, science and civics.         “We are so very proud of these Bobcats,”...

    Students in the Bob Graham Education Center’s Robocats STEM Academy won the Innovate Award during the Nov. 5 VEX IQ qualifier contest held at Rockway Middle School in Miami. The BGEC team that had one of the top engineering notebooks received that award. Robocats also placed 4th in the skills competition and 5th in the team finals. Team Fruit Loops from BGEC also participated in the competition and came in third place...

     The Helping Hands column profiles the town’s 12 volunteer committees that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help the town government serve the community.       Committee activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events.  Committee Public Safety  Founded April 14, 2009 Chair Nancy Rogers Vice Chair Johnny Torres Members Omar Gonzalez,...