2nd Annual Business Boot Camp draws entrepreneurs

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, October 3, 2024

    The Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee hosted its 2nd Annual Business Boot Camp at Ana G. Méndez University.       About 60 entrepreneurs and prospective business owners heard from experts on Sept. 20...

Pace volleyball team raises awareness for breast cancer

Sports By Rene D. Basulto, Special to The Miami Laker Wednesday, November 4, 2015

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s girls varsity volleyball team has seen great success under head coach Markia Brown-Seetal, winning the district championship in 2014. Thus far, the 2015 season has been no different, as the team netted a 6-3 district record and an 11-7 overall record. While October was the month for district and regional finals in volleyball, it was also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, something that the team...

School Board approves three Hantman proposals

Education Wednesday, November 4, 2015

  Miami-Dade Public School Board unanimously approved three items proposed by Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman encouraging WLRN Television and Radio to keep developing educational programming that will enhance and support Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ educational programs, and endorsing National Parental Involvement Day on November 19, and National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month in October. “For more than 65 years,...

High School football roundup

Sports Wednesday, November 4, 2015

  American Senior High’s football team beat North Miami Beach, 46-22, last week and used the game as a tune-up for the playoffs that start in two weeks. The Patriots clinched a postseason berth two weeks ago but continued to roll past opponents, as they try to get over the hump by advancing to the second round. American has lost four consecutive first round playoff games after winning the district championship. In the North Miami...

BGEC's Ingy Cruz honored with 2015 Ethics Award

Education By R.A. Romero and David L. Snelling, Miami Laker staff Wednesday, November 4, 2015

  The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust awarded Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) teacher and Social Studies Department Chair, Ingy Cruz, the 2015 Ethical Governance Day teacher award for her work leading the next generation in community activism. Cruz was awarded on October 22 at a special assembly held at BGEC.  “I feel extremely honored that I was even thought of for this award,” said Cruz. “It...
  Six students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School will be running in the FHSAA Cross Country State Championships in Tallahassee on November 7.  Pace seniors Joshua Clethen, Alvin McCray, and Darious White, juniors Omar Padilla and Matthew Figueroa, and freshman Julian Becarra all qualified for the state championships following their performances at the FHSAA Cross Country Regional Championship on October 29.   Clethen...
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