By Kelly Sanchez The 2019-2020 school year has just begun and it already is unlike any other school year due to the changes—big and small—that have taken place around our school campus. For some students, these changes have been more perceptible and accentuated than for others. This is particularly true for the students in the…
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 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 Aileen Delgado & Samantha Jimenez “It’s hard to say something to a legend… if you are a student and you had Joe Walpole, then with the things he taught you, you will be able to survive. There won’t be [anything] anybody can throw at you that you can’t handle because of what he taught…
By Michelle Mairena June 5th, 2019. For the class of 2019, this date did not only mark the end of their journey at MLEC, the end of their high school careers, and a goodbye to familiar faces, loved teachers, and past memories. It also marked the beginning of a new phase in their lives—a transition…
By Aileen Delgado For many, high school can be defined as the perpetual routine of ongoing distress, remorseless gossip, and confined classrooms that fill the hallways they can’t seem to escape from. However, within those halls is a grand fateless journey encapsulated into the short-lived time frame of four years—a journey determined by every passenger….
By Sabine Joseph For the fourth year in a row, Miami Lakes Educational Center’s journalism students have won honors in C-SPAN’s annual StudentCam competition, an annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and the nation. “C-SPAN started this competition 15 years ago, for smart students…
By Daniel Gonzalez III Miami Lakes Educational Center is the best magnet school in the country, according to the Magnet Schools of America (MSA). Of the nearly 4,400 magnet schools across the country, MLEC received the top award at the annual National MSA Conference. “Winning the prestigious Magnet Schools of America award is another example…
By Karla Perez Around September of last year, Ms. Mezawi announced an upcoming EF Explore America field trip that would take place in March at our school. Although it would be expensive, many students were ecstatic to participate and did not hesitate to ask their parents to pour their all—time, energy, and especially money—into it…