Miami Lakes Educational Center

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Miami Lakes Educational Center
Established	1998 High School: August 28, 2000
Type	High School
Principal	James V. Parker
Students	1,634
Grades	9 – 12
Location	Miami Lakes, Florida, USA
District	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Teal and Black
Mascot	Jaguar
School hours	7:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Average class size	25+
Website	Miami Lakes Educational Center

Miami Lakes Educational Center is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. It is one of only three area vocational-technical training centers. It is the only dual-delivery school in Miami-Dade County, providing adult vocational training in conjunction with a full-service high school. This allows the high school students to attend regular academic classes and technical or vocational training programs during the same school day on the same school campus. Upon graduation, high school students can receive both a high school diploma and a certificate of completion from the vocational training program in which they participate.^[1]

Academy Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) currently has 5 academies. Health academy, Cambridge academy, Communication & Entertainment academy, *Technical/Industrial academy, Telecommunications & Information systems academy, and Entrepreneurship academy.

Technical/Industrial academy merged with Entrepreneurship academy at the start of 2008.

Upon poll, Health academy has the most students. To qualify for the cambridge academy, you need a minimum Grade point average(G.P.A) of "3.0".

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Miami Lakes Educational Center Website

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