Every year, Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) seniors of each academy and strand combine all the skills they’ve gained over their four years of high school into one big end-of-the-year project. These capstones are all different, with every student putting their own spin on their strand’s selected assignments. The engineers are tasked with making any type of original mechanism, digital arts students must complete a...

  The non-profit organization Giving Gators, along with the help of local business sponsors, school administration and community leaders, unveiled the Giving Gators Community Pantry in June. The goal is to bring food, gently used clothing, toiletries and school supplies to K-12 students and families in need within the community. “Without the proper nutrition and basic essentials, kids cannot concentrate or perform well in...

  Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) showcased this year’s talented students in the arts with a truly magical showcase featuring the school’s orchestra, various choruses, bucket group and SLE’s dance group, The Rubies. Classes were invited during the day for this performance and parents were invited to an evening show. Proceeding the evening show, principal Jacqueline Arias- Gonzalez hosted a “thank you” dessert...

  Through trial and error, through countless restless nights of doing homework and projects, through the never-ending cycle of studying, Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) students have achieved yet another milestone. Even when the school has almost reached the summit of excellence, the students’ dedication always seems to surpass everyone’s expectations. The 2017-2018 Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) and End-of-course...

  Flavia Cuervo, a life-long Miami Lakes resident who attended Miami Lakes K-8 and then graduated from Miami Lakes Educational Center's (MLEC) Cambridge Academy, recently graduated from Harvard University. At MLEC, Cuervo attended the journalism strand and was the top student in her class, a Gates Millennium Scholar, a Mas Family Scholar, a Silver Knight nominee and editor-inchief of The Harbinger, MLEC’s student-run newspaper.