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...

  When students who have taken a class with Erica Evans-DeSimone think back on their experience in her classroom, there are plenty of unpleasant words crossing their minds. In spite of her demanding tests and warm-ups, “Miami Lakes Education Center’s Most Intimidating Teacher” is one instructor that everyone is bound to come back to visit, even more so after winning her latest moniker: Teacher of the Year. Even after...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School hosted its third annual Middle School Basketball Tournament on November 6 and 7. Seven private middle schools including Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of the Lakes, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Rosa of Lima, Blessed Trinity, Holy Cross Lutheran and Belen Jesuit played in the two day tournament, with teams competing against each other in pool play on November 6 to set up the single-elimination...

 

The Bob Graham Education Center PTSA donated a golf cart to the school to help improve campus efficiency and safety. The golf cart will help staff get across campus quickly to deal with the many daily needs of the school. The golf cart will also aid assistant principal Jesus Mesa (pictured), in the important role of overseeing drop off and dismissal at school.

  Utilizing the communications technology in the school’s Innovation Center, Monsignor Edward Pace High School students chatted with a rocket engineer from Space X through Skype on October 22. Students from Laura Lima’s Math Analysis class listened and asked questions from Stephan Suarez, production manager of Merlin Rocket Engines at SpaceX. Suarez received his bachelors degree from the University of Miami and his masters...