On November 9, longtime Miami Lakes resident and Miami native William “Bill” Noble passed away peacefully in the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center in Miami. Bill was a member and past president of the Hialeah/Miami Springs Rotary Club. He attended Miami High, the University of Florida, then joined the US Navy during the Korean War. After the war he graduated from the University of Miami with honors. He was a proud veteran and...

Florida International University senior Andrea Lazaro recently defeated Duke's Samantha Harris 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to take the title at the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Tennis Championships at the Indian Wells Tennis Facility in Indian Wells, California. Ranked No. 29 in the preseason Oracle/ITA National Rankings, Lazaro won her 13th match of the fall with her latest victory, ending the season with a 13-3 singles record.   The...

Spanish Lake Elementary experienced a whirlwind month in November with its annual canned food and toy drive, to hosting the visiting Principal of the Day volunteer. The school also hosted the annual fall Scholastic Book Fair, had students enjoy time outside during field days, celebrated honor roll students, and participated in Thanksgiving feasts in the classroom. The students also participated in Career Day, presented their science...

Flapper dresses and silky suits transported audiences to a captivating era of American history as Pace Drama presented the Fall production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The show, made up of 48 students on and off the stage, ran from November 14-16 and was the first production directed by Pace's new Director of Fine Arts and Theatre teacher, Marianne Martinez.  As a class of 2012 Pace alumnus, Martinez reflected on the...

It was an interactive day among future innovators as 12 students from Pace High School’s AP Computer Science Principles class participated in the TEN80 Education’s STEM Innovators-in-Training Workshop. The one-day event took place at the Miami Airport Convention Center in late October where students attended workshops and sessions focused on the important aspects of innovation such as engineering, enterprise, content and...