Mater Lakes Academy’s FBLA club won 61 medals at District competitions. 28 of those medals were first place from a multitude of categories. Districts was held on January 25 at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus. All medal winners will be competing in the State Leadership Conference in Orlando on March 22 through 25. The following are the categories won and where they placed: Advertising first and third, Agribusiness first, Business...

Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s cheerleaders finished in second place at the FHSSA state championships at Stephen O’ Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida. The Gainesville Sports Commission hosted the Florida High School Competitive Cheerleading State Championships, where more than 20 high school teams competed in several different cheerleading routines and dances. The Spartans qualified for the state competition after they finished in...

In the era of high stakes and high stress testing, Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) and schools throughout Miami-Dade County are providing their students and parents instruction and activities to enhance student achievement. A recent parent workshop held at SLE highlighted reading and language arts in ways parents could support their student academically and emotionally, the FSA-ELA performance scale and writing scale, test dates and information...

Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) has announced its Silver Knight Award nominees for the 2018-2019 school year. The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs. The purpose of this awards program is to recognize outstanding students who have not only maintained good grades but have also unselfishly applied their special knowledge and talents to contribute significant service...

Valeria Bula, a senior in the journalism strand of the Cambridge Academy at Miami Lakes Educational Center, was accepted to Yale University. Bula has a long list of accomplishments and accolades. She is the editor-in-chief of The Harbinger, president of the Junior Statesmen of America, captain of the debate team and a LEDA scholar. Bula decided that she wanted to share the news of her acceptance with the world. She set up her phone’s video...