Painting With A Twist, the bring-your-own-beverage painting studio that encourages amateur artists to tackle famous paintings with the help of a teacher, is coming to Miami Lakes. The four partners who franchised Painting With A Twist, Yirka and Alex Marban, Ignacio Menendez and Yaime Riveiro are surprisingly not artists, but all enjoyed taking classes at Painting With A Twist and hoped to open their own. Their dream was realized with the...

  The American Sign Language high school club visited Miami Lakes Congregational Church during their morning service on December 14 to sign three well-known holiday songs while sisters Bianca and Sabrina Larsh (far left) sang. Signing for the large crowd (from left) Sharon Zajac, Monica Bolaños, Daniela Rodriguez, Julian Bencomo, Daniel Rodriguez and Dionisio De La Rosa. “We hope to spread the knowledge of American Sign...

  Around 400 students from 11 middle schools across South Florida competed in Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s 2014 Spartan Academic Olympics in early December. The annual event celebrates the academic achievements of middle school students in multiple subject areas, such as English, Math, Foreign Languages, and Science. Academic Olympians arrived at the Pace campus early to register and take their exams in Pace classrooms....

Miami Lakes K-8 Center and Bob Graham Education Center were recently presented with A+ Flags by State Representative Manny Diaz Jr. and Miami Lakes Councilmembers. This state honor has been bestowed on both schools for several years – Miami Lakes K-8 Center has been an A+ school for 15 consecutive years, while Bob Graham Education Center has earned the honor for the past 11 years. “It takes a large effort by the staff,...

  For the sixth consecutive year JetStream Federal Credit Union partnered with The Early Development of Global Education (EDGE) Charitable Foundation for an annual toy drive. The toys collected at all of the JetStream branch locations were delivered by The EDGE to migrant families and children victimized by domestic abuse and human trafficking in South Florida. “The annual toy drive impacts many economically disadvantaged families...