Education (n):
That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Ambrose Bierce

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
 
Teachers, please be sure to continually inform your students where they are to report for FCAT testing next Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 1 and 2.
 
11th grade students who have registered for the PSAT with Ms. Lawrence, Ms. Mathos, or Mr. Moffi need to report to Room E228 Friday, September 28, 2007 at 8:30 am for pre-administration procedures.
 
Miami Lakes Educational Center is proud to announce that Ms. Cindy Guan has been named a COMMENDED STUDENT in the rigorous 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program.  This places Cindy in the top five percent of more than 1.4 million students who entered the competition by taking the PSAT in her junior year.
Congratulations Cindy!!
 
Students who attend 2 consecutive tutoring sessions this week will also earn a MLEC credit card. Make sure you sign in for tutoring.
 
Points earned on the MLEC credit card can be use for detention passes, free lunch, and tickets to various MLEC school events!
 
Tutoring has begun and will be offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:40 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. 
 
HOSA meeting today, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in room E124.
 
There will be an informational meeting for all Freshman on October 3, 2007 at 2:40PM in Room E228.
 
Attention all sophomores, juniors, and seniors who received invitations to join the National Honor Society: The meeting originally scheduled for this Thursday has been moved to Monday, October 1st at 2:45 in the auditorium.
 
Additionally, any student in grades 10-12 who has a 3.5 weighted GPA and did not receive an invitation needs to see Mrs. Mixco in E213.
 
Yearbooks are on sale in room E-207 before and after school or during lunch.  Yearbooks are $85 until October 11th!  Make sure to take advantage of the discount before prices go up!
 
Hey all you musicians, singers, and entertainers out there! Come join Music Club!!! Auditions will be today Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in room F123, Mr. Oxidine’s room.
   
ATTENTION ALL HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE CAMP KULAQUA  (KOO - LA - KOO - WA) WORKSHOP FOR LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN NORTHERN FLORIDA PLEASE SEE MS. L. EVANS IN ROOM E124 ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS BY OCTOBER 1, 2007. 
 
The Literary Magazine club will be sponsoring a book drive the months of September and October. Please bring in gently used paperbacks. You may drop them off in room E215 or to your English teacher to forward to Mrs. Krane. The books will be used to furnish the English teachers with personal libraries. Thank you.
 
The Math Club is offering tutoring for all students Mondays and Thursdays from 2:40 to 3:40 in room E119.
 
Oct. 19 is the Diabetes-Health Screening in our gym.  Students will receive 3 credits on the new MLEC credit card for participating in the health screening."  Please bring in your permission form tomorrow so our Health Academy Students can do the preliminary paperwork to be prepared for the one-day screening.
 
Students arriving tardy to school will be required to serve an Administrative Detention after the 2nd tardy. Administrative Detentions are served on Fridays, from 2:40-3:40 p.m. Students who do not go to the Tardy Center are still marked tardy to school by their homeroom teachers. Students with excessive tardies and absences will be referred to the Administration and face disciplinary action and suspension from participation in school activities. BE ON TIME!!! AND COME TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY!!!
 
Every nine weeks, students with perfect attendance, as well as NO TARDIES, will have the opportunity to win various prizes. 
 
Students with perfect attendance for the entire school year will have the opportunity to win a very special prize. Students will be required to have been in school on time throughout the school year.
 
The Principal’s Word of the Day is
 
QUERULOUS (KWER uh lus) adj complaining; grumbling; whining
The exasperated mother finally managed to hush her querulous child.
The querulous voices of the students, who believed that their quiz had been graded to harshly, could be heard all the way at the other end of the school building.