The Pace High School community continued its annual tradition of collecting food for its annual Tons of Love food drive. Beginning in October, Pace students, parents, teachers, staff, alumni, and friends began to gather non-perishable and canned food items to benefit the needy in South Florida. Similar to past years, the collected tally equalled over a ton-and-a-half of food.  On November 17, the Pace student body celebrated the...

  Despite the Panther’s 3-1 lost to Charlotte in the semifinals in the 2017 Conference USA tournament, Florida International University men’s soccer player Paul Marie and Marvin Hezel were named to the All-Tournament team. Marie scored the lone goal for FIU in the 12th minute against Charlotte, when he took a soft touch from junior Santiago Pantino, and beat goalkeeper Elliot Panic to make the score 1-0. It was his seventh...

Mater Academy’s STEM students recently took home first place in the second annual Miami Heat STEM Challenge Day, which took place at the American Airlines Arena. The students’ winning project was building a robot which can dribble a basketball the most times in one minute. The Lionbots rose to the challenge and out dueled a host of middle schools from Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

The application process has started for acceptance into Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy, a full Magnet Program with a focus on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The school invites dedicated and eager students from 5th-10th grade to apply at www.mast3.com up until the deadline on January 15, 2018. Students at Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy focus on extensive learning in the areas of Life Science, Natural Science and Computer...

On November 9, longtime Miami Lakes resident and Miami native William “Bill” Noble passed away peacefully in the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center in Miami. Bill was a member and past president of the Hialeah/Miami Springs Rotary Club. He attended Miami High, the University of Florida, then joined the US Navy during the Korean War. After the war he graduated from the University of Miami with honors. He was a proud veteran and...