After the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas's (MSD) tragedy on February 14, the staff at Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) knew they would be facing a sensitive and challenging situation in the days to come with students and their families. Through teamwork, courage, compassion, empathy and the support they found in one another, the staff reaffirmed that the world is a good place.  The SLE family prides itself in doing everything possible to...

  Monsignor Pace High School (Pace) students competed at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Florida State Leadership Conference on March 16 through 19 at Orlando. The FBLA competition showcased a wide variety of business events in categories like accounting, advertising, entrepreneurship, coding and programming as well as community service. Some notable performers for Pace included junior Vanessa Perez-Robles...

  Spanish Lakes Elementary School (SLE) students participated in the South Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Miami-Dade College North. In doing so, they learned the importance of designing, testing, analyzing and displaying projects while using scientific methods and investigations to solve problems. As they stood by their projects and presented them, they felt their teacher’s support. Administrators who helped walk them...

  Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK8) musicians have been busy earning top ratings at district performance events. This is the first year MLK8 students have participated in the district music performance assessment. On March 1, the school orchestra performed at Coral Reef Senior High for the Concert Music Performance Assessment. This 23-member string orchestra performed Sword Dance, Finlandia, and Antagonist for three judges. Their overall...

  Mater Academy High’s chess team took home fourth place overall in the regional tournament, which qualifies the group for the district championships competition. Timothy Oei, the team’s president, took third place overall in singles competition. The district championship tournament will take place on Saturday, April 14 at Miami Jackson High School. Also leading the Lions are vice president, Gerardo Rodriguez, Luis Gonzalez,...