Sebastian Salas, an engineering senior at Miami Lakes Educational Center, broke barriers by becoming the youngest SolidWorks certified expert in the nation, an incredible feat for someone who is only 17 years old. SolidWorks is a company that offers complete 3D software tools to create, simulate, publish and manage data used by engineers, designers and other technology professionals. While his family and friends are excited and joyful...

 

Bob Graham Education Center principal, Yecenia Martinez-Lopez, and Councilmember Ceasar Mestre were dressed in their superhero finest at the “Be an Everyday Superhero” MDCPS Principal for a Day Breakfast. Mestre will be the BGEC principal for the day on November 19. 

New Horizon’s Young at Heart is a gathering of the elderly at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, 6000 Miami Lakeway North, on the third Tuesday each month. The purpose of the group is to share in fellowship with each other. The gatherings consist of a luncheon and an activity, event or entertainment. Pastor Jose Alvarez commissioned the Bible Study ministry to support and sponsor the Young at Heart. The two groups  work very...

  Kelsie Gonzalez, who represented Bob Graham Education Center’s Bobcat Jumpers, traveled to Virginia to compete in the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics this past summer. The 13-year-old’s skills and preparation brought home a fourth place finish in her age group, as she competed against children from the United States, Canada, and Australia. She also brought home another medal after she competed in the Double Dutch...

  The Breanna Vergara Foundation is hosting the Breanna Vergara 5K and Color Run at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15101 N.W. 82 Ave, on Sunday, December 13. The race schedule includes registration from 6 to 7:15 a.m.; start of timed 5K race at 7:30 a.m.; start of 1 mile color run at 8:30 a.m.; concluding award ceremony at 9 a.m. Registration is now open. Those interested in participating may sign up online at...