Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) enjoyed an exceptional school year. It was named the nation’s best Magnet School, earned a STEM designation, its students won various individual accolades and many of its extra-curricular clubs won national awards. Jaguars simply went above and beyond expectations this past academic year.So when Florida school grades were released and MLEC was named an “A” school for the 12th year, the news did not come...

Miami-Dade County Commission chairwoman Audrey M. Edmonson recognized Monsignor Edward Pace high school recent graduate student and Miami Lakes resident Vanessa Perez-Robles, who received Amazon’s Future Engineer Scholarship.She was among 100 winners nationwide as part of the tech giant’s push to promote education and careers in computer science.Perez-Robles was awarded a scholarship of up to $10,000 to study computer science at the college...

A history going back 47 years is quite an accomplishment and it began with a vision and a desire to offer a quality education to all children making it available for families less financially fortunate at a fair and reasonable tuition.Our steadfast commitment to the quality of Early Childhood Education is at the heart of everything we do at Montessori Children’s House of Miami Lakes.American Heritage Dictionary defines Child Care as providing...

Five outstanding Miami Dade College (MDC) aviation students will receive scholarship support to help pay for flight training and tuition as this year’s recipients of the prestigious Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship. To date, nearly 40 students from MDC’s acclaimed Eig-Watson School of Aviation have been awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship.MDC students Jose Manuel Garcia, Yassel Garcia Herrera, Andres Laluz, Zachary Ondriezek and...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Thomas University’s School of Nursing a $331,139 grant under its Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). The grant is renewable each year.The NFLP awards grants to accredited schools of nursing to provide loans to nurse educators pursuing a graduate degree. The program’s goal is to increase the number of nursing faculty by...