My week as a messenger at the Florida Capitol

Featured By Sabrina Alonso, Reporter Wednesday, April 16, 2025

    The opportunity to be a messenger in the Florida House of Representatives was a journey that I encourage anyone in high school to pursue.      It was a literal journey, as my family and I drove nine hours to the...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center students celebrate 15 perfect FSA Writing scores

Education Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Students from Miami Lakes K-8 Center share a special dinner with their 8th grade Language Arts teacher, Virnalis Arvelo, at Shula’s Steak 2 to celebrate the perfect scores on the Florida Standard Assessment Writing Exam, formerly known as the FCAT. “I’m ecstatic that we had 15 perfect scores and very pleased with the hard work and results of all my students!” said Arvelo. Pictured from left is Miguel Sarray, Brianna Sanchez, Michaela White, Sofia Weintraub, Angel Perez, Ariana Rejas, Victoria Estrada, Emily Ortiz, Virnalis Arvelo, Josselin Guzman, and Franco Hinojosa. (Not pictured is Matthew Garcia, Briana Bello, Natalie Riambau, Zoe Rushka, and Peter Workman.)