Barbara Goleman graduate, Jordan Thompson, celebrated his birthday in the last weeks of his senior year to a great surprise from the school. Appropriately named “The Wall of Presidents,” a wall in the school's main office will now feature the student government and student class presidents for their consistent efforts and achievements. Thompson will be attending Florida International University this fall to pursue a degree...

  Starting July 10, Miami Lakes Congregational Church will be offering free interactive Bible Stories and Christian Songs at 10 a.m. on Thursdays to children, ages 2 through 5, who are accompanied by an adult. The program is free and registration is recommended. The “Mommy (or Daddy) and Me Bible Stories)” will provide children with fun while learning the stories of the Bible and traditional and contemporary Christian songs....

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School alumnus Bryan Garcia, class of 2006, has been ordained a transitional deacon as he continues to prepare to enter the priesthood in the spring of 2015. In late April, family and friends gathered for the ordination of Garcia and 12 other seminarians by Gregory Parks, Bishop of Pensacola and Tallahassee, at Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton. The following day, Garcia gave his first homily...

 

Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 18400 N.W. 68 Avenue, will host its annual Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon on August 4 to 8. The program designed for children ages 4 to 12, is themed “Gangway to Galilee, Amazing Grace Adventures.” For more information and registration, call the church at 305-821-5841.

  American High School’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics team # 3659 was the only team from Dade County to compete at the Orlando Region FIRST Robotics Competition from March 13-15. Sponsored by DeVry University and Florida Power & Light, 25 students mentored by Manuel Cox and Carlos Rodriguez, FPL North Region Engineer and Patriot alumnus, traveled with an 80 pound original robot...