By Kymani Hughes Regardless of whether you are in the college admissions process, your college preparation doesn’t have to tumble off course during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some tips for highschool students on the most proficient method to get ready for school and deal with physical and mental prosperity while at home. The more…
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 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…
By Abigail Castro As May 1, College Decision Day, approaches, thousands of students across the nation routinely check their mailboxes awaiting acceptance letters from their dream college or university. Each of those students has worked tirelessly perfecting their essays, raising their GPA, participating in extracurricular activities—or so it was thought. Last Tuesday federal authorities charged…
By Valeria Bula Miami Lakes Educational Center is home to students who are amongst the most exceptional, hardworking, and talented individuals nationwide. Every year, Jaguars leave the familiar teal walls of MLEC to pursue their dreams all around the world. The sky’s the limit when it comes to MLEC’s students, as many go off to…
By Nathalie Del Valle A college degree is, more than ever before, the key to a brighter future. “You can’t just have a high school degree anymore,” said Brianna Thompson, a senior in the culinary strand of the Entrepreneurship Academy who will attend Jonson and Wales University this fall. She is right. The U.S. Department…
By Kaitlyn Pujols You underestimate the little things; the novelty salt and pepper shakers, the welcome doormats, the smell of home-cooked food washing over you the moment you walk through the door. This will all come to mind, not as moving boxes begin to pile up in the center of your once room, soon to…
By Juanita Cardona Thank you for your interest in being a part of our upcoming fall semester. Unfortunately, it is with regret that I write to inform you that we are unable to offer you a position in our upcoming freshman year at [insert university name here]. After waiting anxiously for that small envelope, or…
By Edysmar Diaz-Cruz As I walk through the halls of Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC), students with dark circles and thick AP review books clutched in their arms all become one monotonous wave of anxiety, depression, self-doubt and everything a teenager shouldn’t be experiencing in the prime of their youth. The pressure to “make something…
By Daylin Delgado A well-written college essay could be the difference between acceptance into one’s dream college and being washed away with the crowd. Essays should display and support clear ideas with reasonable arguments. Students should be aware of the typical three types of college essay questions: the “you” question, the “why us” question, and…