Professor Michael Walton is celebrating a 50 year milestone of teaching at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) North Campus. It is estimated he has taught and mentored more than 18,000 students, many of whom have had children who has took his classes.During his career Walton has been a professor through the evolution of information technology and the explosion of computer science in the business and higher education landscape.Walton enrolled at MDC in...

During the summer of 2018, senior Guadalupe Cabrera and junior Chika Ojukwu founded The Vanguard newspaper at Barbara Goleman Senior High (BGSH). This was the first time in eight years since BGSH allowed students to pursue their journalistic creativity.The first paper, The Gator Times, was cancelled in 2011 after, then teacher and newspaper sponsor, Robert Inza, took a new position at the school and no one wanted to succeed him.When asked how...

A group of 50 eighth-grade students from Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) participated in the College Offers Unlimited Possibilities (COUP) tour of several colleges in Florida’s State University System from May 28-30. The tour afforded these highly motivated and academically advanced students an opportunity to visit the University of Central Florida, University of Florida (UF), Florida State University (FSU), University of South Florida and...

Miami Lakes Youth Center “The Spot” is calling for teens to spend a day volunteering on Sunday, July 7, at Peaceful Ridge Horse Rescue.Peaceful Ridge is a non-profit organization that provides dental and medical care, rehabilitation and adoption services for rescued horses.The volunteer opportunity is free for teens ages 13 to 17 and registration is required at www.TOML.eventbrite.com. Transportation will be available at 9 a.m. at the Youth...

Sunrise Presbyterian Church located at 18400 N.W. 68 Avenue will be hosting its Vacation Bible School (VBS) from August 9-11. Registration is on August 9 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m and is free. Daily hours are August 9, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; August 10, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and August 11, 9:00 a.m to noon. Kids can join the fun at Camp Moose on the Loose VBS. Bible stories, crafts, games, music and more. For more information call (305) 821-5841 or...