Spanish Lake Elementary School is offering a new program to this year: Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten, or VPK.The program helps 4-year-old students get a head start on their educations, the school said.Children attend class from Monday to Friday at the school, at 7940 NW 194 St. They will practice communication skills and learn technology, music, science, math, art and athletics. The teacher-to-student ratio is 20 to 1 and instructors are...

The Coding Doctors Kids celebrated their very first Robotics Kickoff on Aug. 15. It was a fun night as they celebrated the #YearOfTheRobot at Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop, at 15484 NW 77th Court. Coding Doctors Kids continues to offer classes free for all children. The club will meet Sept. 12 and 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Country Club at Miami, 6801 NW 186th St. For more information call 954-825-3371.

The Pace Starletts look forward to a bright new season. “The work is worth it!” said senior, Anais Gonzalez. This is the mindset that the Starlettes will uphold and continue to carry out throughout the summer. After holding tryouts at the end of the school year, the Starlettes are eager to start working together as a new team.The team commenced their training with a “Starlettes Boot-Camp”, which consisted of a week and a half of high...

Mrs. Virnalis Arvelo, eighth grade Language Arts teacher at Miami Lakes K-8 Center, took her top FSA achieving students to dinner at Shula's 2 to celebrate their accomplishments. "This is my ninth year continuing with this motivating ritual and I absolutely couldn't be prouder of this class. This class improved their passing rate by 11 percent, so in my book they are all winners! The students invited all earned a five and some even a perfect...

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) selected Dr. Luis Fernández-Torres, dean of academics at St. Thomas University (STU), as a fellow for its Inaugural Presidential Leadership Academy, La Academia de Liderazgo.HACU created the academy in response to a declining percentage of Hispanic university presidents, despite unprecedented growth of Hispanic college student enrollment nation-wide. Fellows will participate in a...