A group of members from Shula’s Golf Club traveled to Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York this past July.  The group which I led, played the resort’s four courses: Sandstone Hollow, Shenendoah, Kaluhyat, and Atunyote. The players were arranged into teams of two and competed for prizes. Some players chose to play 36 holes each day, while others enjoyed their afternoons in the casino. The summer always...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes High School will hold its annual School Open House event at 6:30 p.m.on Tuesday, September 30, at 7977 West 12th Avenue. The event allows parents and students to tour the school, gain important information about students’ educational and parental involvement, new students to become more familiar with the facilities and meet their peers, and open informal communication channels between school staff, students...

  There is a saying that makes the rounds through the Monsignor Edward Pace High School Spartan football team: “The grind never stops.” The Spartan football team started off-season workouts on June 16, just two weeks after school ended.  Players focused on weight training and conditioning. Off-season workouts ended on August 1, but there were only three days of rest. On August 4, the team returned for their first day of...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) Cambridge Academy announced that Robert Michan Walsh, a senior in the journalism strand, earned the highest marks in the country on the Thinking Skills Exam. Students in the Cambridge Academy take a series of exams written to go along with a rigorous curriculum designed by Cambridge University in England. Students who pass the exams earn university credits. At MLEC, Cambridge students take...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has completed a feasibility study on random drug testing of students participating in sports and other extracurricular activities. The District will be initiating plans to start a pilot program for random drug testing of these students this school year. Last week, federal authorities charged seven people with illegally providing steroids to prominent sports figures, as well as high school...