By Michelle Mairena On Monday, August 22 of 2016, a group of over 200 freshmen walked into the halls of Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) for the first time. As these new freshmen shyly attempted to find their way through classes, they quickly started familiarizing with their new school — their home for the next…
By Kelly Sanchez This year, something historic occured at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). The school’s senior class had a 100 percent graduation rate. This is something that has never been seen before in the history of MLEC and further exemplifies the school’s academic excellence. Events like these demonstrate that no matter how difficult the…
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…
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…
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…
By Kevin Perez On Thursday night, the 2020 NFL Draft kicked off. The highly anticipated event was different than in past years. Like most events in the Coronavirus era, it was virtual. Dolphins fans were watching. A new coach, promising a new era for Dolphins fans, had the opportunity to participate in his first draft…
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…
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…
By Yasmine Mezawi and Jaylyn Gonzalez As the number of coronavirus cases reported in Florida continues to rise, Floridians have entered a stage of shock and hysteria: Florida is now preparing for the worse. But while people are just now venturing to stores to buy sanitation products and prepapare for community spread, Miami Lakes Educational…
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…