Ballet Etudes congratulated four of its longtime students on their recent high school graduations. All four young women are members of Ballet Etudes Company of South Florida and have performed in numerous professional ballet productions, including most recently the full length Swan Lake at the Miramar Cultural Center, and danced with Ballet Etudes in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina on tour.Dominique Gras graduated from...

Mater Academy principal Judy Marty was recognized with a Community Achievement Award for her dedication to improving the lives of South Florida children through education. The Community Achievement Award was sponsored by several local FM radio stations including Y-100, TU 94.9 and 93.9. Since Marty became principal, Mater Academy’s graduation rate has increased each year with students also earning an Associate of Arts Degree from...

His House Children’s Home is holding foster parent training days on Saturdays, July 22, 29, and Saturday, August 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 20000 N.W. 47 Avenue in Miami Gardens. Foster care parents receive daycare, medical and dental care, and a monthly subsidy to assist with the care of every child. In Broward County alone over 150 children enter into the foster care system on a monthly basis. Answer the call to become a...

Under the leadership of Miami Children Theatre’s Marcela Paguaga, assisted by Our Lady of the Lakes teacher, Nicole Peña, 15 students participated in an OLL Fourth Grade Acting Club. For two months, rising actors, actresses, and public speakers learned various acting and speaking techniques as well as how to be an ensemble. The Acting Club experience also provided them with the opportunity of finding how powerful their...

Miami Lakes councilmembers joined residents Erica Massard and Herby Galicia at the grand opening of their new facility, FIT Therapy, on June 1 in the Cypress Village Shopping Center. The physicial and occupational therapy clinic’s motto is “Function and Independence through Training.” The Galicia’s (center) are joined by (from left) Mayor Manny Cid and Councilmembers Luis Collazo, Tim Daubert and Frank Mingo.