By Anthony Vidal Miami Lakes Educational Center is moving on from its seven uniforms into a uniform that will come in three colors, and with them, they will be taking the colors out of hoodies and jackets too. On Thursday, August 5th, @mlecjaguars shared an image of a document on Instagram to inform all students…
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 Michelle Mairena Elisandra Fernandez first heard of the “gifted kid” label one morning in her first-grade class, when a teacher told her she was a good test-taker and belonged in the gifted student program — a program to academically accelerate high-achieving and fast-developing students. Fernandez didn’t understand what being ‘gifted’ meant, but when she…
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 Sophia Garcia As the testing season begins to come to a close, there enters a new period — the preparation for graduation. Preparations have already begun with less than two weeks of school remaining. After uncertainties over tentative graduation dates with pomp and circumstance, it was finally time for the class of 2021 to…
By Sofia Palomino After a year behind a screen, schools are moving towards in-person instruction and returning to a sense of normalcy. Many students are growing tired of their inactive routines and are starting to look forward to returning to schools. The grounds of MLEC have seen several changes in the past months as a…
By Kayla Cheung The Class of 2022 is in a unique position in that they are the first junior class to be exiting the Coronavirus pandemic with some of their junior activities, like their Class Ring Ceremony. Today was the first time, in over a year, that Miami Lakes Educational Center held a ring ceremony. …
By Angely S. Pena-Agramonte The National Honors Society opened up its doors to new members on Thursday morning, celebrating their achievements with an initiation ceremony. Being the first of hopefully many other special in-person events, this year’s initiation was unlike any other. Beginning the ceremony with remarks from the NHS officers, they sent out a…
By Kelly Sanchez After nearly a year and a half of lockdowns, cancelled activities and distance learning, the class of 2021 will get to celebrate one more milestone in person — graduation. Every high school senior will have a chance to walk across the stage in full graduation regalia, with pomp and circumstance. “Health &…