Miami Killian High School
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| Motto | "Opening Doors to Opportunity" |
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| Established | September 1965 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Rodriguez |
| Students | 3,436 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 10655 Sw 97th Ave, Miami, Florida, United States 33176 |
| District | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Dark green and gold |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| School hours | 7:30am–2:30pm |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Website | killian.dadeschools.net |
Miami Killian Senior High School is a secondary school located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System.
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[edit] Principal's Mission Statement
"The mission of Miami Killian Senior High School is to prepare students to reach their optimum potential in an ever-changing, highly technical, global world. To accomplish this mission, we will provide students with a clean and safe learning environment, a challenging and diverse curriculum, superior classroom instruction, a full range of positive support services, and a variety of athletic and other curricular activities." --Ricardo Rodríguez
[edit] Academics
- Miami Killian offers over 20 different AP (Advanced Placement) courses, which can be taken for college credit if a student passes the culminating exam at the end of the year. +
- Miami Killian's "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" team has won the state competition in 2005, 2007, and 2008 and will attend the National Competition in 2008 for the second time (The first was in 2007).
[edit] Athletics
Championships
- Varsity Boys' Soccer:
- 1977 State Title
- 1983 State Title
- 1984 State Title
- 1988 State Title
- 1990 State Title
- 1992 State Title
- Varsity Boys' Football:
- 2005 State Title
[edit] Famous Alumni
- Randall Hill ( Retired NFL player and University of Miami,(FL) Alumnus.)
- Alex S. Gonzalez ( Retired MLB player.)
- Stephen Tulloch ( Active Linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL and N.C. State Alumnus.)
- Steve Blake ( Spent Freshman and Sophomore year at Miami Killian Senior High School,University of Maryland Alumnus and active Point Guard for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.)
- Raja Bell (Active Guard for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA.)
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