In what’s become a familiar scene, Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s Softball program has become a feeder to Miami-Dade and Broward High schools. This year, the program has more girls selected to The Miami Herald All-Dade Teams than last season, proving the great job the coaches have done throughout the years in preparing the girls for high school ball, making the coaches’ job a little easier. The list of girls making the...

  Boys and girls, ages 6 to 18 years old, are invited to attend the 2014 Junior Golf Camp at Shula’s Golf Club during four week-long sessions in June, July and August. Session 1 is scheduled from June 16 to 20; Session 2 will be held July 7 to 11; Session 3 is scheduled August 4 to 8; and Session 4 will be held August 11 to 15. Each session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids will learn the basics of the game including...

  Sunrise Christian Academy, 18400 N.W. 68 Avenue, is registering children who turn 4 years of age by September 1 for Free VPK (Voluntary Prekindergarten) education program. The classes are three hours a day with morning and afternoon sessions being offered. Before and aftercare is also available. Visit www.elcmdm.org to learn more about the program and register online at www.vpkhelp.org, or call Sunrise Christian Academy, 305-821-5841,...

     The Benaiges family has made their mark at Barbara Goleman Senior High School.  Bryan Benaiges, the youngest of three brothers, all of whom attended Goleman, will be graduating as the top student of his class of 2014. With a weighted GPA of 6.167 Beniages earned from multiple dual enrollment and advanced placement courses, it's not hard to see why the senior was accepted into Georgia Institute of Technology....

        Miami Lakes Educational Center nominated twelve students for The Miami Herald’s Silver Knight awards in late May. MLEC’s nominees included: Enswert Binns was the nominee for Art. The senior, who was involved with the Cambridge program at MLEC spent his time teaching art interpretation to children in the Jose DiMaggio Children's Hospital. Latisha Miller, the nominee for Business, organized grant...