Monsignor Edward Pace High’s cheerleading team won first place at the 2018 Florida Cheer and Dance Association (FCDA) East Coast Challenge, putting the Spartans one step closer to winning the state championship. The event took place at Palm Beach Central High School, where the Spartans competed against other schools in a series of dance and cheerleading routines and emerged victorious. The FCDA state championship takes place in April in...

Overwhelming support for transfer of special tax areas

Community Wednesday, January 31, 2018

  It’s official. Miami Lakes residents living in the county’s special taxing districts for security guard gates and lakes maintenance overwhelmingly approved a mail-in ballot election to transfer responsibility for the various districts to the town to maintain them under the town’s standards.  The January 24 special election reported that an estimated 82 percent of the residents living in six special taxing...

Pace High School Law Academy students present Mock Trials

Education By Raquel Edmundson, Special to the Miami Laker Wednesday, January 17, 2018

  As the first academic semester came to an end, the students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School's Law Studies Academy experienced a real look at the judicial system as they were assigned with presenting mock trials for their final project. The students brought the courtroom to the Pace campus as they worked on a fictional assault and battery case of State v. Randall.  In this assignment, the class was divided into teams where...

Mistique Hernandez named ML Middle Rookie Teacher of the Year

Education By Kayleen Padron, The Miami Laker staff Wednesday, January 17, 2018

  Sixth- and seventh-grade Social Studies teacher, Mistique Hernandez, has been named Rookie Teacher of the Year at Miami Lakes Middle School. Hernandez earned her Associates degree at Miami-Dade College and finished her studies at Florida International University, acquiring her Bachelors and Masters degree.  She started her profession at South Florida Autism Charter three years ago. Since then, she has transferred over to Miami...

Mater Academy students take home VEX trophies

Education Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Three students at Mater Academy won the regional VEX Robotics challenge at Jose De Diego Middle School and advanced to the Florida State Championships. The Lionbots took first place in the regional STEM project, skills and excellence awards. At the state competition, the Lionbots will be competing against their counterparts from top STEM schools, bringing STEM skills to life by tasking teams of pupils with designing and building a robot to...
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