Our Lady of the Lakes (OLL) chess club had an incredible time at the USCF rated, 2019 South Championship presented by the Florida Scholastic Chess League. It was a grueling eight hour endurance test that pitted the OLL students against South Florida’s best scholastic chess competition under the leadership of chess club moderator, Dominic Cama, assisted by Fanny Medina and Ivan Santiago. The results of the competition that are listed energized...

On the final weekend of January at the University of Florida (UF), the Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High (HML) Model United Nations team proudly debated and engaged the world's most pressing issues. Model UN (MUN), is an academic competition simulating the various committees of the actual United Nations. Students typically represent member nations as they navigate global problems through public speaking, resolution writing and most importantly,...

Jose Marti MAST Academy hosted its annual Teacher of the Year ceremony on January 31. All of the district’s Teachers of the Year were invited to attend. The finalists along with the winners for the district were recognized by their school system. Jennifer Torino was named teacher of the Year for Jose Marti and Lucia Morales was named Rookie Teacher of the Year. Pictured (from left) are Torino, principal Jose Enriquez and Morales.

Hialeah Miami Lakes High School (HML) senior Denisse Pino is certainly a Student Working At Greatness (SWAG). She was recently featured in the education series of that name by NBC 6. Reporter Ari Odzer interviewed Pino regarding her life experiences and her plans for the future.It has been a very successful four years for Pino at HML. During that time, she has never missed a day of school, she has achieved a 4.99 weighted GPA, she has been...

St. Andrews Lutheran Church, located at 575 W. 68 Street in Hialeah will host its annual yard sale on March 9 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Funds raised will provide continuing support for the church’s food bank and other ministry activities.