David Robert Velarde, a sophomore at Pace High School walks through the halls as a third generation Spartan. David’s mother, Ana Villaraos (Bar-chen) is a Class of 1994 alumna and his grandmother Diana Diaz (Villaraos) is part of the Pace Class of 1971. Velarde says the sense of community and family are some of the qualities that draw these generations to Pace. “To be a Spartan means representing a wonderful school with...

Mater Lakes Academy began offering a robotics course this school year, a Project Lead the Way course. This course is part of the STEM coursework and curriculum being offered at the school.  The Robotics class, made up of students between grades 8-11, has been working on various projects throughout the year but none as exciting as the one they just completed.  “Their assignment was to build a pull toy of their design for young...

Mater Lakes Academy is currently offering five different languages for both middle and high school students to enroll in as an elective. The languages being offered are: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Mater Lakes also has Advanced Placement (AP) courses in French, Italian, and Spanish this school year.An AP Italian class had a special visitor in March which was arranged by the Mater Academy Foundation. Massimo Spiga,...

The world is increasingly connected, and social media is at the forefront of that growth, participating as a medium for communication and the chance to reach a global audience with just the touch of a few buttons. Readers and viewers are now on the other end of a touch screen. They are not just consuming news and entertainment, they are participating in it.Though social media has been around for years, its impact and the importance of digital...

Several Ivy League schools had to take a back seat to Florida International University’s Model United Nations team, which recently achieved its highest ranking ever, according to Best Delegate, the organization that ranks the Model UN teams based on their performances.FIU landed second place this year in North America and ranked ahead of prestigious national universities such as Georgetown, Harvard and Yale.It is the highest ranked team...