Clyde Glover has coached girls high school basketball for 30 years and enjoys building winning teams. In two decades at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, the Lady Spartans won three state championships in 2002, 2003 and 2005 under his leadership, Glover said. During the past nine years, Glover said he won five district championships at three schools: twice at Miramar High School, twice at Miami Northwestern Senior High and one for Booker...

Three sixth graders from Miami Lakes K-8 Center placed third in the Sixth Annual Innov@te-CTEC Coding Competition, held Dec. 7 at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson campus. Anthony Gonzalez, Daniel Jorge and Christopher Diaz are shown left to right above with their teacher Ana Vo. The students competed against eight other middle schools. Photo courtesy of the school, which is at 14250 NW 67th Ave. At the Florida Gulf Coast University 16th...

Santa and Mrs. Claus made their way to Bob Graham Education Center on Dec. 16 when they surprised Teacher Kimberly Ottaviani’s second grade class. Everyone sang Christmas carols and shared milk and cookies and posed for the photo above. Three days later, the school, at 15901 NW 79th Ave. in Miami Lakes, held its seventh annual holiday dance recital. The Baby Bobcats and the Bobcat Dance Team, shown in the photo below, performed to...

Their teachers call them the “Stars of STEAM.” They are the finalists of a fair devoted to science, technology, engineering, art and math that was held Dec. 4 at Miami Lakes K-8 Center. The entire school was invited to create projects; participants came from third through eighth grades. Students created presentation boards that spectators, including family members, could review. “There was a great diversity of projects...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center 8th grader Sabrina Scavuzzo (shown at left with music teacher Sara Cino) was accepted into the All-State Orchestra.In January she will join other Florida students in Tampa, including several musicians from Bob Graham Education Center, during the Florida Music Educator’s Conference. Scavuzzo, 13, of Miami Lakes will play the double bass.It is the first time a student from the school has won a chance to perform with the...