Now that school is over, kids can train like the pros. Shula’s Athletic Club’s Sports Performance Training program can turn young players to superstars with an intense 90-minute workout that challenges their strength and conditioning, and enhance their athletic skills in football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball and tennis. The training camp is open to kids ages 10-18 and runs through August,...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for the 2015 Fall baseball and softball season from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on consecutive Saturdays, August 8, 15 and 22, at Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North. The Optimist Club welcomes returning and new players to play in an exciting season. New players must bring a copy of their birth certificates to the registration, which costs $145 per person. Only...

Bob Graham Education Center’s (BGEC) seventh grade Law Studies Academy students earned first place for the Oral Hearing and second place for their Portfolio at the 2015 Project Citizen State Finals.  The entire class has been working on the project entitled ”Help Wanted for ASD” hoping to increase job employment for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  On May 22, the Oral Hearing team...

 

Bob Graham Education Center fifth-grader Flavia Nuñez earned first place in the writing component for this year’s Fairchild Challenge. Nuñez wrote a story on a seed. The Fairchild Challenge is a competition that Fairchild Botanical Gardens sponsors every year with participation from more than 200 schools. It is a multidisciplinary competition with an emphasis on environmental sciences.

 

Miami Lakes is showcasing the works of the students in the Town’s adult painting class. The paintings will be on display throughout the month of June inside Town Hall, 6601 Main Street, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information on the Town’s adult community programs, contact Leisure Services manager Katya Lysak at lysakk@miamilakes-fl.gov.