Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School has tapped Barbara Picazo as its new principal for the 2019-2020 school year.Picazo, the school’s assistant principal for the past 18 years, will replace Ricardo Briz, the longest-serving principal in school history, following his retirement.Picazo joined Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School in 1995 and has excellently served the school with devotion as a middle school Language Arts and Religion teacher...

Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) attended the 2019 SECME and STEAM competitions held at Miami Dade College North Campus on January 26. SLE participated in the Science Brain Bowl, Math Bowl, water bottle rocket, mousetrap car, the SECME vision board and essay, the banner competition and the Science Fair competitions.  In each SECME competition, the students received participation and honorable mentions. In the Science Fair competition, two bronze...

Jose Marti Mast announced its Silver Knight Award nominees for the 2018-2019 school year. The nominees include Vanessa Tascon, Art Silver Knight nominee; Luis Orozco, Science Silver Knight nominee; Hadrian Gonzalez, General Scholarship Silver Knight nominee; Israel Palencia, Athletics Silver Knight nominee and Alyssa Miguez, Social Science Silver Knight nominee. One Silver Knight and three honorable mentions in each category will be announced...

Every year Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School selects three eighth-grade students to be awarded the Independent Schools of South Florida (ISSF) Star Student Award. An ISSF Star student is an exemplary student. He/she is a student who sets an example for others to follow whether at home or school. The students chosen have excelled in one or more of the following areas: Academics, community service, citizenship, fine arts, athletics, student...

On March 13, Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK8) hosted its first ever Painting with Parents night. The night welcomed almost 200 students, parents, siblings and teachers through two separate hour-long sessions. MLK8 art teachers Gary Anuez and Maria Ordaz led the groups through painting their own recreations of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night.” From novice painterss to experts alike, everyone had a great time creating their own masterpieces...