Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) National Honors Society (NHS) partnered with Children Battling Cancer (CBC) to support their Easter collection drive. The students organized a drive and collected small toys to go into Easter baskets that would be delivered to children at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, so that they could enjoy the holiday from their rooms.“I love to organize these donation drives because I know they are going to...

Ryan Campos is a senior at Barbara Goleman Senior High and will be graduating this June.Campos has been accepted into the Honors College at Miami Dade College. He is graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors and was recently accepted into the Science National Honor Society. Campos has been a member of the Miami-Dade County Youth Commission representing District 13 since 2016, is a founding member of the Town of Miami Lakes Youth Council and a...

On April 11 Our Lady of the Lakes’ (OLL) school community had an opportunity to offer prayers and support to their sister school in Haiti, Nan Palan. OLL students participated in a day of fun, while playing various student created games in the school gym during Spirit Day. The games taught students different facts about Haiti and their sister school.All students wore red and white (the school colors of their sister school) to show their love...

Gabriel Delacruz, a senior and Chelsea Bishop, a junior at Miami Lakes Educational Center have qualified to go to Nationals this summer in San Antonio, Texas. Bishop competed in Website Design, a prejudged competition and placed in fourth. Delacruz won second place in Cyber Security which is an objective test. The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference will take place from June 25 to July 1. Group photo (from...

For the fourth year in a row, Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) journalism students have won honors in C-SPAN’s annual StudentCam competition, an annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect their communities and the nation.“C-SPAN started this competition 15 years ago for smart students who have opinions and ideas but often feel that they don’t have a voice,” said...