Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs that are available for the public during June: For Children and Families: Engineering an Egg Drop – Discover the wonders of engineering and physics as participants team up with others to build an “egg craft.” This free-falling vessel will protect a special egg that tracks gravity, mass, density and other properties of physics. Presented by the Patricia and...

  Miami Lakes residents can now register for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library online. The Imagination Library is a gifting program for children from birth to age five. Each month, the Library will mail free high-quality and age-appropriate books to the home. Every child will have books of their very own, at no cost to the parents or caregivers, thanks to the Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board and Dolly Parton. The key to...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Pace) welcomed back 54 years of Spartan alumni to their alma mater on Saturday, June 2 for their first-annual Alumni Prom. A total of 200 attendees arrived to a red carpet treatment for a Hollywood-themed evening in the school’s beautifully transformed Spartan Center. Among the glow of red and amber lights, guests were treated to a night of amazing food, cocktails and dancing.  The purpose...

  The Lead2Feed program is a leadership program that nurtures a new generation of leaders working to meet a need through project management, decision-making and teamwork to alleviate hunger needs within the community.   These leadership lessons align with 21th Century skills to encourage students to develop leadership, literacy and teamwork by completing service learning projects. Across the country, teams have worked to address...

  The Miami Lakes K-8 Center Chess Club completed the last tournament of the school year in May after a successful season. The tournament, sponsored by the 64 Squares Foundation, had students competing from dozens of schools over six hours. All of the MLK-8 students fared well, especially Michael Montoya who won the 3rd place overall for his division. The Chess Club, consisting of 22 students, plays after school three times a week. The...