Catholic Hospice, a not-for-profit health care organization based in Miami Lakes and providing end-of-life care to terminally ill patients and their families, is currently recruiting hospice volunteers to visit patients and their caregivers. Hospice volunteers can help with errands, provide a listening ear or help in other meaningful ways. All interested volunteers will receive necessary training and are partnered with patients who...

  Seven freshmen and two sophomores were welcomed into Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Spartan Sword and Shield Honors program at a breakfast held in the school’s Innovation Center on September 1. The breakfast was themed “Oh, The Places You’ll Go,” echoing the program’s purpose of preparing its members for Ivy League and Top 10 universities. The newest additions to Pace’s elite program...

  The Miami-Dade School Board unanimously approved three items proposed by School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman recognizing high school graduates who attained a high level of competency in a world language, endorsed October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout the district, and proclaimed October 19-25, 2015 as National Teen Driver Safety Week. “The purpose of the Seal of Biliteracy is to encourage students to...

 

Grandparents were honored just in time for “Grandparents Day” at Miami Lakes K-8 Center on September 9 and 10 where all grandparents were invited to a breakfast sponsored by the school’s PTSA. MLK-8 Center principal Rosy Calvo (center) is pictured with attending grandparents and assistant principal (left) Carlos Salcedo.

  The parents and staff of Spanish Lake Elementary came together to make a difference in education at the annual open house. In order to empower each student to reach his or her highest potential, enthusiastic parents were made aware of the rigorous education their child would be exposed to at Spanish Lake Elementary.  Through a Curriculum Resource Fair in the main cafeteria and teacher presentations in the students’ rooms,...