With cheers and tears, 244 Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) fifth graders passed on to middle school during two promotion exercises on May 30 and June 1 at Lawton Chiles Middle School.A catered lunch and glow-themed dance and entertainment was held in the SLE auditorium following the graduation ceremonies. It was bitter sweet as awards were presented and many of the students were together for the last time.Families and students reflected on...

Four years. That is the actual, chronological, time that we spend in high school. But it is so much more than time spent and – paradoxically – it somehow feels both like a lifetime and over in the blink of an eye.Now that it’s over, we want to say a few last things as the editors of The Harbinger. It was a tumultuous year: for us personally, for our #PinkRoom staff and the community and world. The news was not always good. Politics is as ugly...

Miami Lakes United Methodist Church (MLUMC) located at 14800 Ludlam Road, will host “Social Media and Our Kids: Prevent, Prepare, Protect and Pursue” starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 13.In a press release, the church said “Our kids and community now extend further than before. This allows us to connect with each other better and faster, but that also means we can hurt each other more and faster than ever before.”Approximately 15 percent...

The spirt of Miami Lakes Optimist Club longtime coach and member Jack McCall lives on.His 10U Athletics team, also known as the Green Machine, won the championship under McCall’s son, Chris, who coached his father’s team before his death with Jack McCall by his side.And like a Hollywood movie’s perfect ending, McCall’s grandson, Chris McCall Jr., struck out the final Angels’ batter to seal the championship for his team.Jack McCall adopted the...

Former North Carolina State and Hialeah Miami Lakes basketball star Chris Corchiani, community activist David Oliver, community pioneer George Deming, and community activist Javier Zapata were enshrined into the Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame for the Class of 2019.They were inducted to the town’s highest honor for sports and community activism during a recent ceremony at the Miami Lakes Optimist Club club house.The committee believed that...