Longtime Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) principal, James V. Parker, announced the 2014-2015 school year would be his last full year as principal, having previously enrolled in the education system’s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) which named his last working day in February 2016. A new principal has not yet been announced.Parker, a principal known for his approachable attitude and annual head-shavings when the...

  Former Miami Lakes resident, Ellen Frances Pease, 72, passed away peacefully at her home in Hiawassee, Georgia, on Friday July 3, surrounded by her loving family. Pease was born on December 15, 1942 in Ellenville, N.Y., daughter of the late Martin Braterman and late Molly Windreich Braterman, and step-daughter of the late Eleanor Braterman. Pease began her career as an English teacher at Miami Beach High and continued as a Guidance...

  The Fine Arts Department at Barbara Goleman Senior High School held a Fine Arts Showcase, “Arts Under the Stars” on May 12, for students, faculty and staff. The showcase consisted of musical performances, dramatic skits, live anime caricatures, on-the-spot painting and ceramic productions, student art exhibitions student poster giveaways and a firstever murals unveiling.  The event, sponsored and led by art teacher...

  There is a burst of color on the walls of the Sardiñas Art Gallery at St. Thomas University.  Color, Color and Color, a collection of paintings by Blanca Daw, is now on exhibit at the Sardiñas Art Gallery, the gallery named in honor of St. Thomas University’s beloved late Father Jorge Sardiñas, the architect of the University’s Chapel of Saint Anthony and former art professor at St. Thomas. Born...

  On May 9, Bryan Garcia was ordained into the priesthood by Archbishop Thomas Wenski in a ceremony held at St. Mary Cathedral. For Father Bryan, it was the culmination of years of service towards Christ and the beginning of an even deeper relationship with God and his community.Like many Catholics, Father Bryan’s faith was nurtured at Catholic schools as he graduated from Immaculate Conception School in Hialeah in 2002 and...