Pace High School’s baseball team was honored during a recent Miami Marlins games at Marlins Park, where alumnus and San Francisco Giants pitcher Ivan Dereck Rodriguez greeted the 2018 state champions. The Spartans defeated Jacksonville Bolles, 10-4, to win their seventh state title in baseball. Rodriguez, the son of former Marlins player and Hall of Famer Ivan Pudge Rodriguez, was the starting pitcher for the game, which Miami...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently concluded its Spring 2018 NFL Flag Football season. Over 350 children participated in the league this season, receiving trophies at the league's closing ceremony event on Saturday, May 19, at Royal Oaks Park. Congratulations to the 6U age division champion Panthers, 8U division champion Vikings, 10U division champion Colts, 12U division champion Bengals, and 14U division champion Raiders. The...

  Every year, Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) seniors of each academy and strand combine all the skills they’ve gained over their four years of high school into one big end-of-the-year project. These capstones are all different, with every student putting their own spin on their strand’s selected assignments. The engineers are tasked with making any type of original mechanism, digital arts students must complete a...

  The non-profit organization Giving Gators, along with the help of local business sponsors, school administration and community leaders, unveiled the Giving Gators Community Pantry in June. The goal is to bring food, gently used clothing, toiletries and school supplies to K-12 students and families in need within the community. “Without the proper nutrition and basic essentials, kids cannot concentrate or perform well in...

  Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) showcased this year’s talented students in the arts with a truly magical showcase featuring the school’s orchestra, various choruses, bucket group and SLE’s dance group, The Rubies. Classes were invited during the day for this performance and parents were invited to an evening show. Proceeding the evening show, principal Jacqueline Arias- Gonzalez hosted a “thank you” dessert...