MLEC High School Division - School Policies

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	Academy Choices
	Closed Campus
	Dress Code
	Enrollment Application
	Graduation Requirements
	Hours of Operation
	Standard of Conduct
	Student Activities
	Student/Parent Contract
	Transportation
	Sample 4-Year Plan
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High School Division School Policies

Academy/Strand Choices

The instructional program at Miami Lakes Educational Center's high school is developed around a student's choice of a career academy. Each academy has several specific strands, or programs of study, which will prepare students for college, post-secondary education, and/or employment in the area chosen.

Ninth grade students only need to commit to an academy choice when they apply, but are asked to identify the strand they are interested in. Tenth grade students must select an academy and a specific strand so they can begin the core courses required for completion.

The acceptance of new tenth grade students for the upcoming year will depend on the availability of space in the different academy strands. Once a strand is chosen, students are expected to remain in the program to complete the core curriculum. For additional information, see the sample four-year plan below.

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Closed Campus

This is a closed campus. Students are provided with a 30-minute lunch period. Free and reduced lunches are available for qualified students. A varied selection of food choices are available for the breakfast and lunch menus.

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Dress Code

Students in the high school will have an enhanced dress code that reflects the appropriateness of the student's attire for their selected academy. Some academy strands require specific uniforms. Once the student body is selected, parents will take a school-wide, mandatory uniform vote.

Students are required to be neat and clean in appearance while attending classes. Items of dress which are objectionable in the area of health and safety, noise, or classroom disturbance, are prohibited. The following are not permitted:

Messages, pictures or symbols on clothing which portray:

drugs, smoking or alcohol
violence, guns or hate
sex or profanity

Hats, caps and bandanas

Sunglasses

See-through blouses without camisole

See-through shirt without an undershirt

Bare-backs, bare midriffs

Halters, tube tops or off the shoulder tops

Sleeveless undershirts

Shorts, skorts or capri pants

Oversized pants

Bedroom slippers

Clogs, thong sandals or shoes without back straps

Taps on shoes

The Center will make determinations as to the appropriateness of clothing. For certain programs, students are required to wear uniforms and/or safety apparel appropriate for the training area in which they are enrolled.

Read the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Code of Student Conduct (Secondary).

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Enrollment Application

All students who reside in the regular attendance boundary of Region I high schools are eligible to apply. High schools within the Region I boundaries are American, Miami Carol City, Hialeah, Hialeah-Miami Lakes and Barbara Goleman.

Eligible students must submit an application to be considered for acceptance for next school-year. Criteria for acceptance includes good attendance, conduct and effort as well as a strong commitment to preparing for an identified career within the selected academy.

Specific strand choices may require students to attend summer sessions to facilitate earning certain Vocational Certificates and/or meeting requirements for graduation or college entry.

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Graduation Requirement

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the State of Florida Department of Education are responsible for setting the graduation requirements. These requirements must be met in order for a student to graduate from high school.

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Hours of Operation

Regular school hours are 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Standard of Conduct

Students may be expelled for conduct reflecting discredit to the students, the Center, or the Community. Behaviors which will be considered grounds for dismissal of a student are:

Willful disobedience

Open defiance of authority of a member of the staff

Violence against personal property

Profane or indecent language or behavior

Smoking on campus

Attending class under the influence of alcohol, illegal mood modifiers, or the possession of either

Improper conduct causing disturbances in the classroom, hallways, or other places on the school premises

Tampering with fire equipment, safety and evacuation signs, or the setting off of a false fire alarm

The possession and/or use of weapons (a firearm or any other object which can be used to threaten or injure another individual) by a student on the Center's campus will result in a recommendation for expulsion from the Center.

Read the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Code of Student Conduct (Secondary).

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Student Activities/Athletics

Students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of student activities ranging from interest and service clubs to intramural sport competitions. Students wishing to participate in a regular high school athletic program, may do so at their "home" schools.

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Student/Parent Contract

Students and parents sign a contract agreeing to follow the rules and policies of the school and district.

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Transportation

Transportation, with regular neighborhood pick-up points, will be provided for students who live within the boundaries mentioned above, as long as they reside more then two (2) miles from the campus.

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Sample Four-year Plan

Grade
9 English 1 Algebra
(Math 1) Earth/Space
Science World
History Health/
Non-Lab Driver
Education Millennium
Course

Grade
10 English 2 Geometry
(Math 2)
Biology
Personal
Fitness Academy Core
Curriculum

Grade
11 English 3 Algebra 2/
Applied Math
(Math 3) American
History Foreign Language
or
Fine Arts Academy Core
Curriculum

Grade
12 English 4 Physics
or
Chemistry Government/
Economics Foreign Language
or
Elective Academy Core
Curriculum

Required courses will be offered at Regular, Honors, Advanced Placement, and Gifted levels, if available as per the Course Code Directory.
Some academy selections may require enrollment in one or more summer sessions to facilitate completion requirements for graduation and/or vocational program/certificate of completion.
The Academy Core Curriculum consists of a six-credit (6) plan of study dictated by the strand selected.
The Millennium Course provides students with an overview of the strands available to them for grades 10 through 12. Keyboard and computer skills, as well as academy-related ethics, will be part of the Workplace Essentials component.

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