Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) and Julie Barreto-Tejero, SLE on-site teacher sponsor, are excited to be among the 51 schools in Miami-Dade County to have become a part of The Education Fund's Food Forest For Schools. SLE introduced a newly planted sustainable food growing system that is home to "gourmet crops found year-round nestled among winding paths.” Students, families and community members will now be able to work in the...

  Alfredo Dominguez is a 5th grade student at Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) in Joanne Hunt’s homeroom. He lives with his grandparents and two siblings in Miami Lakes. Dominguez recently competed in a Junior Olympics competition held at Coral Springs in March. He competed in the aged 10 and under group and swam in the 50-meter butterfly stroke, 100-meter butterfly stroke, the 100-meter freestyle and the 200-meter backstroke....

  Mater Academy High’s student Stephanie Consuegra recently organized a letter writing and sock collection campaign, as part of her role with the National Honor Society chapter, to deliver to the Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. The non-profit organization will take the letters and socks to the people serving in the U.S. military abroad. Her project is a requirement as a member of the NHS’s community services and leadership that...

  Jose Martí MAST Academy (JMMA) students from the Marine Biology club have built their first-ever salt water tank. Over the summer, a few students and marine science teacher Jeneissy Comas Balcazar started building the lab. They set up a list of donors in order to help fund their tanks. Corals will inhabit the tank for research. Sophomore Hector Duran designed a proposal for an interactive tide pool tank for the lab, which will...

  The police chief for Miami-Dade County Public Schools ensured Miami Lakes council members that a school resource officer will be placed at each public school by next year to ensure the safety of students in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High shooting massacre that took the lives of 17 students and teachers. Police Chief Ian Moffett also told the town’s elected voices that his department investigates all social media and...