Armand Del Castillo, a Monsignor Edward Pace High School senior and Miami Lakes resident, continued a great tradition at Pace by signing his Letter of Intent to play basketball for Washington College on May 11.The signing ceremony was held inside the Spartan Center in front of the Pace student body, Del Castillo’s coaches, teammates, and family. Del Castillo is the son of Albert Del Castillo, a Class of 1975 Pace alumnus.Armand Del...

A group of local student-athletes made The Miami Herald All-Dade teams in baseball, softball, track and field, volleyball, badminton and flag football.In addition, local student-athletes were nominees for male and female scholar-athletes.Nominees for All-Dade scholar-athletes for male and female included Goleman’s Carlos Bello (water polo, swimming) who has recorded a 4.9 GPA, an 1700 score on the SAT, and 26 on the ACT, and Michelle...

For the second consecutive season, the Miami Lakes Middle School girls’ basketball team finished the season undefeated and won the North Dade County Middle School Championship, a 54-20 victory over Southwood Middle.The Warriors (8-0) defeated the Superstars last year to win the title.Miami Lakes Middle’s head coach Tracie Pullum said she coached a great group of girls, some who are graduating and heading off to high...

Miami Lakes Middle School’s Warrior Concert Band and Drum Line earned superior ratings at the Tampa Bay Classic Festival held on May 6 at the University of South Florida. Band teacher, Ana Peña is pictured (center) along with her students.

Karley Seeloff from GoNoodle.com selected Spanish Lake Elementary School’s fourth graders to demonstrate the positive classroom and school environment GoNoodle promotes. It is a free program and any teacher anywhere may create an online GoNoodle account. The movement based activities are aimed towards attention engagement and building a healthier body for students. GoNoodle is a Dade County approved program. Cecile Palaez, an SLE...