In January 2017, outstanding students from across the United States gathered in the nation’s capital for the Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit. During this five-day program, which takes place amid the Inauguration of the President of the United States, Summit Scholars gain a deeper understanding of the history behind the electoral process and the traditions surrounding the Presidential Inauguration.Anjali Ahmed, a freshman...

Unique Families, Inc. started their first toy drive during the 2016 holiday season. On December 23, the majority of the toys collected were delivered to the students at South Florida Autism Charter School, which is being housed at Country Club Middle School.  For several weeks, toys were collected and dropped off at Mater Lakes Academy. Once the toys arrived, they were inspected to make sure they were appropriate for autistic children...

Daniela Morales was selected as one of 13 aspiring Florida journalists, and the sole high school recipient amongst university students, to earn the 2016 Barbara L. Frye Journalism Scholarship. The scholarship is named after the Tallahassee bureau chief for United Press International for 38 years and was the first woman to work full time as a state government reporter in Tallahassee covering 11 governors from Spessard L. Holland to Bob...

During the weekend of January 21-22, Christ the Savior Orthodox Cathedral in Miami Lakes was visited by the new Bishop of Dallas and the South, Bishop Alexander (Golitzin). This was his first pastoral visit since installment as diocesan bishop last year.On January 21, Bishop Alexander hosted the Winter Retreat at the Cathedral, focusing on the theme “The Theological Relevance of the Old Testament.” As the former professor of...

The season of lent begins on Wednesday, March 1 with Ash Wednesday. Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 18400 N.W. 68 Ave, will begin the season with a soup and bread meal at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall on Ash Wednesday. The service with the imposition of ashes will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The Lenten Series is titled “Galilee to Jerusalem Journey of a Pilgrim” where the service will biblically trace the...