Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE), 7940 N.W. 194 Street in northwest Miami-Dade, announced Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho’s approval of the school’s implementation of the Cambridge curriculum for the 2015-2016 school year. Cambridge International Examinations is the world’s largest provider of K-12 international education programs, promoting academic excellence through high expectations and rigorous standards. The...

  Three Miami Lakes Educational Center journalism students were selected to participate in the 2015 Peace Sullivan/ James Ansin High School Journalism and New Media workshop at the University of Miami in July. The program accepted applications from across South Florida and of the hundreds of applicants, only 20 were selected. The highly selective program is fully-funded by generous donors and the University of Miami (UM) to be offered...

  Intensity Dancers’ Studio, located at 15507 Bull Run Road in Miami Lakes, participated in Kids Artistic Revue (KAR) in Panama City in late June as the final competition for the season. The group competed against studios from around the nation and earned top results in several categories. Chloe Pineiro won the title of “Miss Dance America” and Katie Camero and Kandis Terry were first and second runners-up,...

  Hoping to improve the basketball program for boys and girls players, the Miami Lakes Optimist Club has found a man who coached in the NBA, college and in high school, willing to lend helping hand. Oronde Taliaferro, who coached NBA Superstar Blake Griffin when he was an assistant at Oklahoma, has volunteered his time to teach Optimist Club coaches and players the basic fundamentals of the game, skills development and overall knowledge...

  It seems like yesterday, but 43 years have come and gone and it still amazes me as a teacher how the Montessori Silence Game impacts the spirit of a child. How they begin to focus on the hidden forces of the spirit within them, and how it helps children develop a higher level of self-control, calmness, and adds to the normalization within a Montessori classroom. Maria Montessori wrote in her book The Secret of Childhood, “One...