Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK8) musicians have been busy earning top ratings at district performance events. This is the first year MLK8 students have participated in the district music performance assessment. On March 1, the school orchestra performed at Coral Reef Senior High for the Concert Music Performance Assessment. This 23-member string orchestra performed Sword Dance, Finlandia, and Antagonist for three judges. Their overall...

  Mater Academy High’s chess team took home fourth place overall in the regional tournament, which qualifies the group for the district championships competition. Timothy Oei, the team’s president, took third place overall in singles competition. The district championship tournament will take place on Saturday, April 14 at Miami Jackson High School. Also leading the Lions are vice president, Gerardo Rodriguez, Luis Gonzalez,...

  In March, Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s (Pace) Law Studies and Criminal Justice Operations classes were visited by members of the City of Miami Police Department’s Bomb Squad and Homeland Security Unit. Officer Robert Rodriguez, a 27 year veteran with the department, spoke candidly to the students in Pace’s Innovation Center about how he, as a Police Officer, decided to get involved with the bomb squad. He also...

  For Anand Pitre and his wife Priya, learning math was not about memorizing different equations, but rather understanding the concept to make life easier for the student and their teachers. Fifteen years ago, Mathnasium was created by Larry Martinek in Los Angeles. Martinek wanted to teach his son better math, but thought the concept of memorizing each step was too complicated. He came up with a certain curriculum, and the rest is...

  Following months of preparation, a group of students in the Religious Education program at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church recently received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a sacrament in which the priest, as the agent of God, forgives sins committed after Baptism, when the sinner is heartily sorry for them, sincerely confesses them, and is willing to make satisfaction for...