In its second year after a seven-year hiatus, the Hialeah Miami Lakes (HML) wrestling team won the District 16 Championship. Nine members of the team advanced to compete for the Regional Championships at Jensen Beach on February 23 and 24.   Among the winners were freshman Jazmine Godinez and her brother Alex, a junior who qualified for the State Finals last year. This year, Alex Godinez won the Regional Championship match and...

  The Optimist Club of Miami Lakes is holding registration for its youth basketball program for summer league play for girls and boys on Saturdays, April 14, 21 and 28, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Miami Lakes Optimist Park, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The registration cost is $160 per person. Tryouts for all players are scheduled between 9 a.m. and noon, on Saturday, May 5 at Barbara Goleman High School, 14100 N.W. 89 Avenue. The players’...

  Students Alexandra Reboredo, Dru Barcelo and Katherine Duarte are this year’s Silver Knight Award nominees from Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). While Reboredo is nominated in the New Media category, her classmate Barcelo is nominated in the Speech category and Duarte is nominated for Social Sciences. Reboredo has an unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 3.83 and has volunteered over 250 hours. Academically, Reboredo has...

  Following the tragic events that took the lives of 17 individuals in Parkland this past February, the students at Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Pace) felt the call to join the local community as well as the nation, by holding a school-wide prayer service to remember the lives lost. On March 14, marking the one month anniversary of the tragedy, students who wanted to participate were invited to quietly walk out of their classrooms...

  Brian Lopez, an 8th grader at Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC), was one of only three students that were recommended by his band director to audition for the Annual Superintendent’s Honors Music Festival. He is the only student that was accepted to play at the concert.  This is a great accomplishment, especially since Lopez has only been playing trumpet since the beginning of this school year. His advanced skill level can...