On March 13, Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK8) hosted its first ever Painting with Parents night. The night welcomed almost 200 students, parents, siblings and teachers through two separate hour-long sessions. MLK8 art teachers Gary Anuez and Maria Ordaz led the groups through painting their own recreations of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night.” From novice painterss to experts alike, everyone had a great time creating their own masterpieces...

Summer learning loss is a phenomenon parents and educators have long acknowledged as a significant setback to academic achievement. Johns Hopkins University researchers indicate math proficiency is particularly susceptible to the summer learning slide.Students lose two to two and a half months of the math computational skills they learned during the regular school year.Experts widely agree that summer math studies provide a solution....

In many of the great myths of old, the universe is depicted as a place where chaos and order, death and life are forever locked in battle. For anyone who has paused for a moment to consider their own existence, this struggle seems to be more than a myth, it represents our daily experience. We work hard to establish order around us, only to see chaos and death tear it down.  Two millennia ago, the Apostles likewise saw their expectations...

Spring is a great time of year! Although here is South Florida this season is not as highly anticipated as in places where the climate is colder, it nonetheless fills us with great hope and enthusiasm. This is because spring reminds us of new life and perhaps a little more. Spring seems to remind us of eternity. As we watch flowers blossom, hear birds sing and see daylight extend, we get a sense of paradise. All of us are in search of...

Life!Many of us have experienced the sting of death. For some it was the death of a loved one and for others the death of a dream or desire. If you are reading these words with sorrow in your heart or even tears in your eyes over that death, I want to say how sorry I am. I grieve with you.And in our grieving, I'd like to offer you the hope of life. It’s the hope of a particular kind of life, i.e., resurrection life. Easter is about life from...