By Michelle Mairena This past August 24th, a small tropical wave formed over the Central Atlantic Ocean. Nobody paid any particular attention to it. But days passed by, and rapidly, the seemingly-harmless tropical wave transitioned from an innocuous tropical depression to a powerful Tropical storm to a monstrous, merciless Category 5 hurricane. Everyone then watched…
By Malique Lewis This new school year brought a lot of small and big changes to Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). Among the undoubtedly big changes is the addition of a new member to the MLEC family: the new trust counselor, Felix Muñoz, who has new ideas, a new mindset, and new ways of bonding…
By Jaylyn Gonzalez The class of 2021 has always put one foot forward when it comes to giving their class the top of the line high school experience. They were the first class to introduce and successfully have a freshman class field trip; the first class to have an extra vibrant class paw, and now,…
By Khimmoy Hudson For the past few years, the Harbinger staff had the privilege to welcome NBC 6 reporter Darryl Forges into the PinkRoom. In those years, the journalism students interviewed, visited the NBC 6 news station, and even had Forges featured as a judge for our very own senior capstones. However, as Forges continues…
By Vanessa Falcon Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Florida— and hard —but luckily the storm changed its directory last minute. Unfortunately, the Bahamas weren’t as lucky as the United States. The storm lingered for days, eating away at homes and destroying lives in the Bahamas. Now that residents of the Bahamas are searching for…
By Rhobie Toussaint Imagine roofs being torn off of buildings, houses being flooded with water, and cars flipped over and damaged. People have nowhere to turn, trying to brace themselves for impact. The devastation that would strike the Bahamas was one they could never truly prepared for. Dorian, a Category Five at the time it…
By Michelle Mairena Gargantuan lines of cars at gas stations, families covering up their windows with plywood, individuals frantically raiding every grocery store in the hope of finding packs of water — the past 24 hours have been marked by a form of pre-apocalypse frenzy across South Florida. While Armageddon is not happening though, Florida…
By Jaylyn Gonzalez After a ten-week-long break, incoming and returning Jaguars will soon be walking into the hallways of MLEC with the curiosity of what to expect in the new school year. Numerous extracurricular activities, clubs, and events await all students as they occur all throughout the school year. Spirit week, class trips, homecoming, and…
By Michelle Mairena @miixchii Miami Lakes Educational Center enjoyed an exceptional school year. It was named the nation’s best Magnet School, earned a STEM designation, its students won various individual accolades, and many of its extra-curricular clubs won national awards. Jaguars simply went above and beyond expectations this past academic year. So when Florida school…
By Gabriella Licona The humanitarian crisis in Sudan began in December 2018 when civilians began to protest against President Omar al-Bashir— a president who they claim was more a dictator than anything else. After word spread around like wildfire of his plan to overthrow the previous government, Omar al-Bashir took over as president in 1989….