Town erects communication tool in Veterans Park for kids with special needs

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, June 4, 2026

      The Town of Miami Lakes and its Special Needs Advisory Board unveiled a Communication Board on May 12. Installed at the playground in Veterans Park, the board filled with bright squares, letters and symbols is for children...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy attends STEM Expo at MDC

Featured Monday, March 2, 2015

 

 

The recent Miami-Dade STEM Expo brought together the county’s most creative, intelligent, and resourceful students to compete and demonstrate their proficiency in STEM activities at Miami Dade College.

The Expo’s theme this year was “iDeas to Reality” and showcased the fruits of the student’s hard work and provided a learning experience on the responsibility of communicating STEM research and engineering designs to the community.

Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, a Miami Palmetto Senior High School alumnus, made remarks and met with students. Dr. Murthy was Valedictorian of Miami Palmetto’s Class of 1994.