Journalism students at Miami Lakes Educational Center recently won a Skype call with Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer-prize winning author and opinion columnist for the New York Times, through his email newsletter contest. Kristof was raised in Yamhill, Oregon; a place that he describes as “in the middle of nowhere.” Through this middle of nowhere, however, he found his calling: Journalism. “My journalism career began by...

  In a year highlighted by awards and accolades for its students and teacher, Pace High School’s Drama Club and Academy for Visual & Performing Arts Theatre Program theatre looks to end on a high note with its 2016 spring musical production of Chicago with a string of performances for middle school students and the open public on April 20, 21, and 22.  Over 500 middle school students from Our Lady of the Lakes, Immaculate...

  The Northpointe YMCA located at 7351 N.W. 186 Street, is hosting the annual Healthy Kids Day on April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, a YMCA national initiative to improve the health and wellbeing of families across the country, includes free interactive activities, sports clinics, health screenings, family fitness fun, nutrition education, water safety and the opportunity to sign up for summer camps and programs. The first HKD...

  Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy will be recognized and receive a National Magnet School of Merit Distinction Award during an awards ceremony held at Magnet Schools of America’s 34th National Conference hosted by Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Miami in early May. To receive a national merit award, members of Magnet Schools of America must submit a detailed application that is scored by a panel of educators. These schools are...

  Seven seniors from Pace High School’s elite Spartan Sword and Shield Honors program have been accepted into 31 colleges and universities across the United States. The program is structured to prepare intellectually gifted and diligent students for Ivy League and Top 10 universities through a set four-year track of AP, honors, and dual enrollment classes.  Since the program’s inception in 2011, Spartan Sword and Shield...