The application process for acceptance into Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy, a full magnet program with a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is now open. Students from fifth to tenth grade interested in applying can visit www.mast3.com up until the deadline of January 15, 2019. Students at MAST Academy focus on extensive learning in the areas of life science, natural science and computer science. Every student has...

It isn't every day that a celebrity replies to a Tweet, but when actor, director, writer and producer Vincent D'Onofrio does, he means business. Late last September, Colleen Mahoney, theatre teacher and drama club advisor at Hialeah Miami Lakes High School (HML), Tweeted at D'Onofrio, asking him for some advice to share with her budding thespians at the inaugural meeting of the HML Drama Club.Less than ten minutes later, D'Onofrio, an HML...

The Education Fund of Miami Lakes announced that it is a finalist in Aetna’s Voices of Health video campaign, competing for a top prize of $20,000. The Education Fund’s current initiatives bring innovative methods to local schools, inform the community about public education and encourage private sector investment in public education.The Education Fund’s investments to improve public education have totaled to more than $52 million. The...

For the tenth consecutive year, Miami-Dade College (MDC) has been named among the nation’s Great Colleges to Work For, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a major higher education publication. In addition, MDC again made the honor roll for being recognized in multiple categories.“We are honored to once again receive this recognition. It truly speaks to the faculty and staff at MDC, who are second to none, who truly make this a...

Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) social science teacher Daniel Michael Francia passed away at his home on November 8 due to complications from diabetes. Formally of Massena, New York, the Miramar resident was 57 when he passed.Francia was born on July 26, 1961, to Irene Trombley Francia and Michael J. Francia Jr. He attended Massena Central High School.After graduating in 1979, Francia attended St. Lawrence University, where he...