On Friday, September 1, five students from Pace High School gathered on campus at the Dante Navarro Religious Education Center and Chapel for the second annual mass and award reception to celebrate the recipients of the 2017 Jorge Luis Lopez Esq. Family Foundation Scholarship.The winners of this year’s scholarship were seniors Leticia Saladrigas and Joshua Toledo, junior David Anthony Barbier Jr., sophomore Gaetan Jeudy, and freshman...

His House Children’s Home (HHCH), will host its annual “Imagine” Charity Gala on October 14 at 7 p.m. at The JW Marriott Marquis Miami, 225 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami and is asking the community to save the date.Dignitaries have attended the event in past years to raise awareness and support for South Florida’s growing number of foster kids. Known for their spectacular Silent Auction items. For information on...

Miami Lakes lawmakers awarded Our Lady of the Lakes sixth-grade student Ellica Quintero for her work on the incredibly successful Ice Cream Social during last month’s council meeting. She was also appointed to serve on the town’s Youth’s Activities Task Force, becoming the youngest member on the committee since its inception in 2001. Pictured (from left) Councilmembers Ceasar Mestre, Frank Mingo, Tim Daubert, Luis Collazo,...

Pace High School and the school’s Campus Ministry Department are currently working together to offer aid to storm victims throughout the Caribbean and the Keys after the recent impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Through partnership with the Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea in Key West and their organization called the SOS Foundation, Pace is currently collecting supplies and monetary donations that will directly assist the...

Before she came to the United States, Nancy Perez was a college professor in Cuba but had to take a job as a school custodian to make ends meet until she could find a way to validate her teaching certificate from the Communist country.She couldn’t speak English but thanks to the Success Management Academy at Hialeah Miami Lakes Adult Education School, Perez is now a teacher after taking ESOL classes and is back doing what she does...