The Miami-Dade County School Board approved the 2017-2018 School Calendars at its recent monthly meeting with a start date of August 21, 2017 for students.The Elementary and Secondary School Calendar includes 180 days of instruction for students and 196 days for teachers, with 10 teacher planning days and six legal holidays in addition to the 180 days for students.The Adult/Vocational Education School Calendar includes 216 days of instruction...

Pace High School’s Fine Arts Academies for Visual & Performing Arts and classes for dance, drama, music, and art brought Tinseltown to South Florida with “A Hollywood Christmas” on December 9 inside the Spartan Center. Pace students from each of these four subjects performed in the Pace Fine Arts department’s annual Christmas production for Pace family, friends, and alumni.The show was presented as a classic...

Mother of Our Redeemer students put on an Advent show in December called “A Musical Christmas.” Families and visitors were entertained by dancing, singing, and acting and all had a wonderful Christmas celebration to celebrate Christ’s birth. Eighth graders began the show with a re-enactment of the nativity in which they acted and moved through the different scenes of the story to the song, “Breath of...

Maria Isabel Quiros and her husband Mario Quiros, both longtime Miami Lakes residents, celebrated their 80th birthdays and their 56th wedding anniversary in late 2016. Maria, affectionately known as Cuqui, celebrated her birthday on December 7. Mario celebrated his 80th birthday on October 8. Together they celebrated their anniversary on Christmas Day, alongside their family, friends, and loved ones. The couple met while studying statistics...

Miami Lakes Youth Center Council is inviting local teens to take pride in their community. As part of the “I Heart Miami Lakes” campaign, the Youth Council is sponsoring a Town Park Clean Up on Saturday, January 21.Volunteers will meet at the Youth center, 6075 Miami Lakes Drive, at 9 a.m. The Town Moover will transport volunteers around Town to clean up various local neighborhood parks until 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided.To sign...