Miami Lakes area students received the President’s Volunteer Service award for their community service during the South Florida Youth Symphony’s 50th anniversary concert held at Miami Dade North Campus on December 14. Gold winners were Bianca Larsh, Carine Ghannoum, Kaitlyn Arlotta, Marina McCready, Sabrina Larsh and Sharon Zajac; silver winners were Jonathan Deautriell, Jwan Wan Wells, Karissa Larsh and Micheca Charles; and Jahan...

  Boys and girls between the ages of 3-13 years old have until Thursday, January 8 to register for the Miami Lakes United Soccer Club 2015 Spring Season. Registration is being held Monday through Friday at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 N.W. 87th Avenue. The cost is $140 per child. The registration includes full game uniforms, practice shirts and training sessions for the 10-week regular season. A ceremony to award participants medals and...

The most wonderful time of the year was just as wonderful at Monsignor Edward Pace High School with a week full of Christmas activities just before students took their finals. The week started off with the Tykes Christmas Party on December 8, where Pace faculty and staff brought their young children to the school’s Administration Building for a night of family games, food, and fun. Children colored in Christmas cartoons, had their faces...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for its Spring baseball and softball season during the first three Saturdays in January. Boys and girls can sign up on January 3, 10 and 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North, which is adjacent to Miami Lakes Optimist Park. Participants must bring copies of their birth certificates during the registration period, and be...

  Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School’s varsity boys basketball team finished the regular season with a 7-1 record and were East Co-Divison champions with St. Patrick’s School that also finished the season at 7-1. As the number one seed in the 3A Classification playoffs, OLL had home court advantage in the semi-final game against Our Lady of Lourdes on December 11. By halftime, the Cheetahs were ahead by 12 and won the...