By Anthony Vidal The end of the 2020-2021 school year also marked the end of some MLEC teachers’ careers. Mr. Boulay, a veteran math teacher at MLEC since the school’s inception in 2000, is one of them, and as he prepares to retire, we reflect on his long career as a teacher. “We started here…
By Kelly Sanchez Many teachers, especially ones who have been there from the very beginning, have decided this will be their last year at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). They’ve spent years dedicating their lives to teaching students and guiding them through high school. Whether they’re leaving because they’ve reached the end of their careers,…
By Kayla Cheung and Anthony Vidal Students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools with an unweighted grade-point average of at least a 3.0 have the opportunity to take free courses at Miami Dade College (MDC). These courses cover subjects ranging from the humanities and fine arts to more STEM-oriented topics. Students across MDCPS take advantage of…
By Rhobie Toussaint MLEC’s class of 2021 has had an unconventional senior year, one with an ongoing pandemic, loss of major senior activities, and turmoil. Dealing with these have caused many to become discouraged, but there are seniors who have made an effort to make the best of this school year. As many events, such…
By Sofia Palomino and Kevin Perez This Story Contains Spoilers After the coronavirus delayed countless of film and show releases, people are now turning to streaming services as the screens of public entertainment. Leading networks like Netflix and Hulu have uploaded more than a few binge-worthy items —among them, Disney Plus. The Falcon and the…
By Carla Rubio With just a few months left until graduation day, there’s one thing every senior in the nation has on their list of priorities: the next step. The entire process distorted in the advent of a pandemic. Asking for a teacher or counselor recommendation, and even going to the CAP advisor’s office, is…
By Kevin Perez The belief of astrology dates back to millennials. Despite receiving menial acknowledgement from the scientific community, and even less support from scientific evidence, superstitious minds still find logic in astrology through zodiac signs or birth months. Astrology is the divinity of information that can predict human and world events through the observation…
By Valentina Foglia Latin Music is far from new. However, it wasn’t always on the rise like it has been during recent years. Latin music was once just composed of local Hispanic areas and the Latinx culture. It never dominated American music charts, was never honored at awards ceremonies, and was rarely played on local…
By Anthony Vidal The starting frame of Chaos Walking, starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, initiates with a recount of its title: “The noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.” From there, the trilogy comes alive. Chaos Walking is based on The Knife of Never Letting Go,…
By Kevin Perez If the pandemic has taught us anything — it is resilience. It’s been a year since Florida’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 and nearly a year since the students of MDCPS have left their campuses for, what we thought, would be a few weeks. Now, everything is different. We’ve spent a year…