Mater Lakes Academy swimming and diving team finished in second place in district competition and several players qualified for regional competition last week. The swimmers and divers who competed in the regionals include Helen Fors (200-yard freestyle); Jose Perdomo (200 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke); Alex Akouri (200 yard freestyle); Garbiela Fernandez (200 yard individual medley and 100 yard breaststroke); Michael Fernandez...
For the first time in their young athletic careers, Alexis and Erika Castroman found themselves on opposing teams as St. Thomas University and A.S.A. College clashed in a memorable softball match-up featuring the now sibling rivalry. Last month, Alexis Castroman, a senior at St. Thomas University, who has played her whole collegiate career there, faced off against her sister Erika Castroman, a freshmen at A.S.A. College. The Bobcats...

BGEC participates in 2018 Jumpstart Read for Record

Education Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) announced that the school  participated in the 2018 Jumpstart Read for the Record campaign on Thursday, October 25. This global campaign supports high-quality early learning, and highlights the importance of building children's vocabulary and promoting a love for reading. Children and adults worldwide were scheduled to take action by participating in the world's largest shared reading experience by...

Spanish Lake Elementary introduces MakerSpace

Education Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) has opened a MakerSpace for students in the fifth grade level. A MakerSpace is an area that starts with inquiry. Students come for hands-on, creative ways to encourage them to design, experiment, build and invent. They are deeply engaged in science, engineering and tinkering. This area is filled with objects to enhance problem solving, critical thinking, and most importantly, cooperation. Thanks to Publix...

MLEC students debate over midterm election candidates

Government By Samantha Jimenez, special to The Miami Laker Tuesday, November 20, 2018

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12.0px; font: 10.0px Times}   Students at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) proved, once again, that young people are not the uninformed, apathetic generation people make them out to be. The student-run newspaper, The Harbinger and Junior State of America (JSA) hosted a mock gubernatorial debate and a mock senatorial debate four days before election...
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