Pace High School (PACE) senior and Miami Lakes resident Vanessa Perez-Robles has been named one of the first 100 recipients of Amazon’s Future Engineer Scholarship Program. Perez-Robles, who will be attending Dartmouth College in the fall, will receive a $10,000 scholarship renewable for up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned. In addition to the scholarship, Amazon has also offered her a paid software engineering internship...

Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy congratulated two seventh grade students for being the 2019 District Black History Month Essay winners. The students placed first and second place in the District’s Black History Month Essay Contest. Hannah Mesa placed first and Sabrina Martinez placed second. Pictured (from left) Mesa, Martinez and Jose Marti principal Jose Enriquez.

On March 2 the Jose Marti team competed at the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition held at Miami Springs Senior High. They competed in problem three and finished in first place. Odyssey of the Mind is an intense problem solving international competition club. There are five long term problem categories where students build machines, engineering structures, paint and create masterpieces and perform a skit with props, costumes, music and...

Local 10 is hosting its second annual Earth Day Art contest. The station has received entries from Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties. Lawton Chiles Middle School’s (LCMS) sculpture entry of an endangered Sea Turtle titled “They Matter Too” was selected as one of the top 10 finalists. Viewers can log onto to the website and vote daily for their favorite entry through April 14. The school that receives the most votes will be awarded...

On March 2, Miami Lakes Middle School's (MLMS) Legal Studies 1 and 3 students participated in a Model United Nations (MUN) Competition at Miami Dade College.The competition was sponsored by Miami-Dade County Public Schools Social Studies department. Eleven schools participated. MLMS won the Secretary General's Award which is called, “Outstanding Middle School.” Students placed in several categories. Honorable mention honors went to Yaneidy...