It’s an accomplishment to make it to 12th grade, and Barbara Goleman Senior High School students who get there take the opportunity to stand out. Gators – both boys and girls --  create crowns to emphasize their status among the student body. Although these seniors won’t get to wear their royal coronets while strutting the halls of their school in Miami Lakes, they kept up the tradition and posted photos on social media. Shown above, left to...

     The Seated V exercise looks deceptively simple.         But if done correctly, this tight, controlled movement will help strengthen deep core muscles (the diaphragm; internal obliques; transverse abdominus and pelvic floor) and improve flexibility, mobility and support of your torso and spine (the external obliques, thoracic lumbar fascia, rectus abdominis; hip flexors and lumbar erectors).1.  While seated on a pad or the floor, bend...

The Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee’s monthly ‘Lunch Bunch and Bingo’ gatherings remain on hold during the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn’t mean the socializing has to stop, even if it’s a brief visit through a car window when seniors drive up to get their lunch. Jersey Mike’s Subs at 15145 NW 67th Ave. prepared the meals to go Aug. 19. The committee will provide meals through September. In the photo above are, left to right,...

Eddie the Spartan, the mascot for Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, welcomed students Aug. 17 during a car parade that was part of orientation for the new students. Orientation days in previous years would include campus tours and visits to classrooms, but those traditions couldn’t happen during the coronavirus pandemic. Students began attending classes online on Aug. 19.  Shown above is Eddie the Spartan and student Matthew...

Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School welcomed their youngest Cheetahs, PreKindergarten students ages 2, 3 and 4, on Aug. 19.  Faculty and staff cheered arriving students and Father Luis Flores, Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of the Lakes Church, greeted them as they arrived. Students enrolled in Kindergarten through eighth grade began their classes online that day. The Archdiocese of Miami offered parents of PreK students a choice for their...