The Women’s Fellowship of Miami Lakes Congregational Church hosted its 7th annual Mother’s Day Spring Tea on May 9. The theme was “Tea Around the World” and featured a fashion show of international apparel from Scotland, China, Hungary, Columbia, India, Japan, France, England and America. Over 100 guests enjoyed music by harpist Colleen Murray and singer Bobby Cavanaugh.

  Palm Springs United Methodist Church, located at 5700 W. 12 Ave, is having its Summer Indoor Garage Sale for two weekends including Fridays ,June 6 and 13, and Saturdays, June 7 and 14, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The church will have bargains on household goods, clothing, linens, records, videos, baby items, luggage, lamps, craft supplies, collectibles and antiques in the Fellowship Hall. In the building’s shed will be a large...

  The Education Fund awarded Spanish Lakes Elementary’s (SLE) newest art teacher, Jessica Castillo, a Mural Grant. The grant was funded through the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation and the R. Kirk Landon Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to increase student awareness in selecting healthy, organic foods and pride in their school cafeteria through art. The students used abstract painting styles to fill in their...

  The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy will honor nine teen mentors from Miami-Dade County with Teen Trendsetters Excellence Awards for their leadership and service. Students mentoring in the foundation’s program assist first through third graders with reading during weeklong tutoring sessions.  Seventh grader, Alicia Urrutia, from Bob Graham Education Center is among the Miami-Dade County School District...

  For the past 35 years, Duke University's Talent Identification Program, or Duke TIP, has identified bright seventh graders based on standardized test scores achieved while attending elementary or middle school.  The following Dade Christian School students participated this year: Katherine De Pani, Leila Medina, Miguel Tavares and Kayla Torres. Both Tavares and Torres qualified for state recognition by scoring approximately at or...