Alberto Ruiz is the recipient of the Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s Roland Gomez Scholarship, which is awarded to one boy and one girl annually for their contributions and participation to the organization and at school for community service.Ruiz earned his Associate’s degree from Miami Dade College before he graduated from Mater Academy High School. He finished high school with a 5.0 GPA and is currently studying world recreation physical...

St. Thomas University head baseball coach, Jorge Perez, has been named as the 2018 Diamond Sports ABCA Regional Coach of the Year at the NAIA level.This is the second-time Perez has been recognized for this award, having been nominated in 2015 following a runner-up finish in the NAIA World Series.The 2018 season was Perez's most successful over the course of his 11-year tenure as the head baseball coach. The STU baseball team went 56-9 under...

Miami Lakes K8 Center's team of present and future coders, Armando Diaz and Daniel Simeon, won first place in the Mobile App Competition at the Innov@te Career and Technical Education Challenge December 1, at Miami Dade College. They competed not only against middle schools, but also high schools, and came out on top.

On Saturday, December 1, Monsignor Edward Pace (PACE) welcomed back former Spartan baseball players to the school’s first annual alumni softball game. The event was organized by PACE’S Alumni Association and PACE Athletics to bring former players back to the place they once called their second home. After reaching out to PACE alumni, dozens of former Spartans returned to play on the field of their beloved alma mater. As the former players...

Ray Parris, Hialeah Miami Lakes (HML) Digital Media and Entrepreneurship teacher, has been named Miami Dade County Public School North Region Teacher of the Year. Parris’ teaching career spans over 20 years at middle school, high school and community college levels. At HML, Parris has created a unique, experiential classroom through project-based learning, challenging his students to take ownership of their own progress and their future. ...