For nearly 30 years, Monsignor Edward Pace High School has been collecting food in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving for its Tons of Love food drive. Everyone in the Pace family, including students, parents, teachers, and staff, is asked to donate non-perishable and canned food items. Those donations will be delivered to the needy in South Florida. The tradition was started by Sister Carol Jean Willie in the 1980’s and is now...

  Shula’s Athletic Club, located at 15150 Bull Run Road, Miami Lakes, held fundraising events in October in support of breast cancer awareness and raffled tickets to win coveted items such as Miami Dolphins signed memorabilia. Participants Yodalys Lopez (above left), and Santiago Mesa (above, right) were chosen as the lucky two to win a Dolphins football autographed by defensive end Olivier Vernon and cleats autographed by tackle...

 

Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North, is accepting applications for the school’s unique Legal Studies Magnet Program for the 2016-2017 school year. The applications for the program will be accepted until January 15, 2016. Parents can apply online or by mail. For more information visit the school website at www.mlms.dadeschools.net or visit www.yourchoicemiami.org/magnet-applications. 

  Valerie Michelle Castañeda, an eighth grade student at Miami Lakes Middle School, has been selected for the Florida All State Band. A resident of Miami Lakes, Castañeda is in her third year as a clarinetist for the school’s superior-ranked Warrior Band program and serves as the band’s co-captain. In January, Castañeda, along with MLMS band director Ana Peña, will travel to Tampa to participate...

  Miami Lakes United Soccer Club participated in its first Thanksgiving food drive in support of ending hunger with Feeding South Florida.  Teams contributed non-perishable donations with a Thanksgiving theme in mind through November 15 at Royal Oaks Park. Items collected included canned green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, carrots, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie filling, and boxed mashed potatoes, all of which, with the partnership of...