In the era of high stakes and high stress testing, Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) and schools throughout Miami-Dade County are providing their students and parents instruction and activities to enhance student achievement. A recent parent workshop held at SLE highlighted reading and language arts in ways parents could support their student academically and emotionally, the FSA-ELA performance scale and writing scale, test dates and information...

Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) has announced its Silver Knight Award nominees for the 2018-2019 school year. The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs. The purpose of this awards program is to recognize outstanding students who have not only maintained good grades but have also unselfishly applied their special knowledge and talents to contribute significant service...

Valeria Bula, a senior in the journalism strand of the Cambridge Academy at Miami Lakes Educational Center, was accepted to Yale University. Bula has a long list of accomplishments and accolades. She is the editor-in-chief of The Harbinger, president of the Junior Statesmen of America, captain of the debate team and a LEDA scholar. Bula decided that she wanted to share the news of her acceptance with the world. She set up her phone’s video...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s (MLK-8) Middle School orchestra students performed solos, a duet and a quintet at the Florida Orchestra Association District 16 Solo and Ensemble event on February 2. All soloists earned a Superior rating: Sofia Rebustillo, Emily Castro, Brianna Saldarini on violin, Geena Saldarini on viola and Sabrina Scavuzzo on double bass. These five students also performed a quintet by Bach, “Musette” and received a Superior with...

Students from Bob Graham Education Center's Civic Engagement Academy (CEA) participated in the Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s State of the County address on January 31 held at the Port of Miami. The students were the only school that was invited to serve as greeters and ushers at this event as well as to assist the Gimenez’s staff. The CEA is a program in middle school dedicated to educating and exposing students to government,...