Miami Lakes Educational Center’s Seniors and Staff Won’t Let Covid-19 Get Away with Ruining Their School Year
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Miami Lakes Educational Center’s Seniors and Staff Won’t Let Covid-19 Get Away with Ruining Their School Year

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By Kelly Sanchez In the United States, high school is idealized and immortalized on television and movie screens, comic books and novels. From preteens to boomers, from High School Musical to Twilight, mainstream or counterculture, high school is supposed to be the most impacting time of people’s lives — especially senior year. Everything from first…

Taste of Education: MLEC’s Culinary Strand Competition
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Taste of Education: MLEC’s Culinary Strand Competition

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By Kelly Sanchez From Our March-April Issue In their first ever competition, Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) culinary strand beat out the competition at the “Taste of Education,” an event founded by the Education Fund. “About 30 schools compete each year. This is the 5th year that we’ve hosted this event, but this is the…

In MLEC’s World of STEM: TSA
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In MLEC’s World of STEM: TSA

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By Karla Perez From our March-April Issue Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) is known for its particularly strong academic achievements, but its strengths when it comes to extracurriculars often go overlooked. Our school has several clubs, all of which focus on a variety of interests, including STEM. One of our STEM-centered clubs recently earned some…

Changing the Game: The Shift To Technology
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Changing the Game: The Shift To Technology

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By Khimmoy Hudson For centuries, people have primarily relied on face to face interaction as a method for teaching, disseminating information, and organizing — that has changed. Across the country, students everywhere are deviating from their normal routine and scheduled school day: The early morning rise, catching the bus, making the breakfast line, and the…
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School Closure, AICE Testing, AP Testing & More

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By Fabiha Faruque A week ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the continuation of virtual school — but with a twist. All schools in Florida will remain closed as the school shutdowns have been extended into next month up until at least April 15. “So, all we’ve said basically to the K-12 schools is we’re…

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Miami-Dade County School Shut Down

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By Fabiha Faruque M-DCPS has officially closed all schools, giving students a break longer than expected. Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho just announced this afternoon that all schools in Miami-Dade County will be closed for the week of March 16, which will be extended into Spring Break as well. Just yesterday, Superintendent Carvalho (along with Broward…
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MLEC’s SHAPE Helps The Community

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By Angely Peña-Agramonte Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) encourages its students to be charitable, especially around the holidays—a time when Jaguars give anything (be it their time through volunteering or donations) to help those who need it.  This year, it was no different.  Recently, MLEC’s “SHAPE” encouraged students at MLEC to donate clothes, food cans,…

Miami Lakes Shines Bright at Annual Festival of Lights
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Miami Lakes Shines Bright at Annual Festival of Lights

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By Aileen Delgado & Samantha Jimenez From overly decorated homes to community events, every town has its own unique way of welcoming the Holiday season. In the small town of Miami Lakes, this is no different.  Families from all over Miami-Dade County came together on November 30th to greet the christmas spirit as they attended…