Bob Graham Education Center is celebrating two of it staff members:  Liza Hernandez, who was named Rookie of the Year, and Joanne Hunt, who was chosen as Teacher of the Year.      Hernandez has taught at the school for five years and instructs students in grades 6 - 8.      Hunt has 12 years of experience at BGEC and teaches reading, also to students in grades 6 -...

Positive Coaching Alliance, in partnership with the Miami Marlins Foundation, is working with 18 Miami-Dade County Public Schools to help student-athletes develop life skills, focusing on character, social and emotional learning and mental health needs this school year.      Jason Pratt, senior manager with Positive Coaching Alliance, spoke about his career via Zoom with students at Spanish Lake Elementary School in...

  In addition to the free parking available in downtown Miami Lakes, a new amenity is available for motorists: Valet parking.      The service is offered at the southwest corner of Northwest 67th Avenue and Main Street, outside of Francisca Restaurant.      The valet is on duty from noon until 9 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and is free for drivers who patronize the...

     Flavia Nunez owes the accomplishments of her young life to her role models: her grandmother Maria Mendez and her mother, Ileana Ludeiro.      Among Nunez’s achievements is volunteering 260 hours, or the equivalent of 32 8-hour days, for the Town of Miami Lakes Youth Activity Task Force.      U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, awarded the 17-year-old a...

Love and unity in the community was the theme of the Orange Bowl’s Creative Art Contest. Creations by two seventh grade students from Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy placed in top spots in the middle school division. Jasmine Andino, 13, shown at left, created a digital illustration, above at left, that placed first in the contest held in the weeks leading up to the annual Capital One Orange Bowl college football game. The game was...