It takes years to build up the financial savvy to navigate the markets. But Sofia Diaz of Miami Lakes is decades ahead of the game, having just becoming the first place Florida state winner in the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite® essay competition with McGraw Hill Financial. The young Diaz, a seventh-grader at Miami Lakes K-8 Center, was among the 20,000 students nationwide who took the InvestWrite challenge, and claimed her...

  When school is over, fun in the Summer begins. Parents can now register their kids for the Palm Springs North Elementary Community School’s Summer Camp, which from now through Friday, August 1. Each day, the eight-week camp begins at 7:40 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. at 17615 N.W. 82 Avenue, with breakfast and lunch, field trips and various camp activities. Parents have an option of choosing several types of payment plans and reduced...

  New Testament Baptist Church’s AWANA Club presented its 2013-2014 awards last month to its “Cubbies” (4k-5k and 1st grade), “Sparks” honors to 2nd graders, and T&T “Truth and Training” awards to 3rd to 6th grade students. The program is under the direction of Pastor Jorge Granda. Miles Murray and Isabella Rodriguez received the highest award given in the “Sparks” group for...

  Taking place across two weeks from June 9-20, Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s annual summer acting camp featured a mix of current and incoming Pace students along with students from middle school and other private schools. The camp instructed students, including those new to acting, on what they needed to be a part of any theatre program. Students took part in acting and musical theatre workshops, including workshops on...

  Several Miami Lakes area residents recently graduated from their respective colleges and universities and several others made their respective Dean’s Lists. Ruben Suarez of Miami Lakes earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Maria Ramirez of Hialeah graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Juan Garcia of...