Time is running out to submit nominations to Miami Lakes’ Cultural Affairs Committee for its Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon in honor of Women’s History Month which is scheduled at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue. The Nomination Applications may be found at www.miamilakes-fl.gov/cac, and must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20, to Community and...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) student newspaper, The Harbinger, has come up with a campus-wide hashtag, #HOMLEC, or Humans of Miami Lakes Educational Center.  Inspired by Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton, students have to find someone they’ve never met or talked to before and try to find out a personal detail about their subject’s life that others may not know about. Themes can range from issues...

Monsignor Edward Pace High’s cheerleading team won first place at the 2018 Florida Cheer and Dance Association (FCDA) East Coast Challenge, putting the Spartans one step closer to winning the state championship. The event took place at Palm Beach Central High School, where the Spartans competed against other schools in a series of dance and cheerleading routines and emerged victorious. The FCDA state championship takes place in April in...

  As the first academic semester came to an end, the students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School's Law Studies Academy experienced a real look at the judicial system as they were assigned with presenting mock trials for their final project. The students brought the courtroom to the Pace campus as they worked on a fictional assault and battery case of State v. Randall.  In this assignment, the class was divided into teams where...

  Sixth- and seventh-grade Social Studies teacher, Mistique Hernandez, has been named Rookie Teacher of the Year at Miami Lakes Middle School. Hernandez earned her Associates degree at Miami-Dade College and finished her studies at Florida International University, acquiring her Bachelors and Masters degree.  She started her profession at South Florida Autism Charter three years ago. Since then, she has transferred over to Miami...