Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force is inviting residents to enjoy the last Movies at the Park of the season scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 22, at Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.Title of the last movie for the season will be available on the Town’s website, www.miamiakes-fl.gov.Don’t forget to bring blankets and lawn chairs for a family-friendly evening of movie watching under the stars. Admission is free. Pizza and...

Last month, four students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School (PACE) had an opportunity to travel to Panama for World Youth Day (WYD). Seniors Nathan Bonet, David Lorenzo, junior Amayah Novela, as well as sophomore Matthew Banich, joined students from the Archdiocese of Miami for an unforgettable pilgrimage. The trip allowed the students to rejoice in their faith alongside nearly 600,000 Catholic youth from around the world. Together they...

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...

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...