North Miami High School
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| North Miami Senior High School | |
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| 800 NE 137th St North Miami, Florida, 33161 USA |
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| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Carnell A. White |
| Enrollment |
2,769 |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Pioneers & Swamp Dogs  |
| Color(s) | Hunter Green and Gray |
| Established | 1954 |
| Homepage | nmhs2.dadeschools.net |
North Miami Senior High School [NMSHS], is a secondary school located at 800 NE 137th St in the city of North Miami, Florida. As of 2007 its principal is Carnell A. White. Mr. White will be replaced when the students transfer into the new building under construction. North Miami Senior High School's construction started in 1951 for the students of the North Miami area. The school first opened its gates in August of 1954. The class of 1955 was the first graduating class.
North Miami's main athletic rival is North Miami Beach Senior High School.
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[edit] International Baccalaureate
Since January of 1990, North Miami has offered the IB program.
The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization (the name and logo were changed in 2007) is an international non-profit educational foundation, founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization administers three programmes for elementary, middle, and high schools which provide the schools with an international curriculum intended to be acceptable to universities around the world.
[edit] Test Scores
North Miami Senior High School was given a grade of "F" by the Florida Department of Education in 2006-2007. In 2005-2006, this school received a "D".
If North Miami Fails to bring the school grade up to a "C" in the 2007-2008 school year, that will be the 3rd year in a row that it was graded a "D" or "F", meaning that under measures set by the state, drastic measures will be taken, such as firing/transferring/replacing all teachers and administrators, Transferring students to other schools or removing funding for extracurricular activities.
[edit] Student body
- 81% of the students are African-American, 15% are of Hispanic origin, 2% are non-Hispanic whites, and 2% are of Asian decent. The rest consists of Multicultural and American Indian.
- 47% of the students in the school participate in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
- The attendance rate of the school is 90% compared to the state average of 94%.
[edit] Plans for the future
The City of North Miami and the Miami-Dade County School Board have agreed to a plan to build a new North Miami High School on the grounds of North Miami Middle School and build a new North Miami Middle on the grounds of North Miami High. Construction has already begun of the New North Miami Senior High School and should be ready for the 2009-2010 school year. The K-8 replacing North Miami middle will be ready for 2008-2009 school year.
[edit] Sports
FALL SPORTS
- Girls Bowling
- Boys Bowling
- Girls Cross Country
- Boys Cross Country
- Boys Football
- Girls Golf
- Boys Golf
- Girls Swimming
- Boys Swimming
- Girls Volleyball
WINTER SPORTS
- Girls Basketball
- Boys Basketball
- Girls Soccer
- Boys Soccer
- Wrestling
SPRING SPORTS
- Badminton
- Boys Baseball
- Girls Softball
- Boys Tennis
- Girls Tennis
- Boys Track & Field
- Girls Track & Field
- Boys Volleyball
- Girls Water Polo
- Boys Water Polo
Junior Varsity and Varsity is offered for all sports.
The school has two mascots: The Pioneers & The Swamp Dogs.
[edit] Famous Alumni
- Cool and Dre - Andre Lyon & Marcello Valenzano, rappers/producers
- Steve Carlton, Hall of Fame Pitcher.
- Paul Gleason, actor.
- David Paulison, Director of FEMA
- Carlos Castellanos, cartoonist and co-creator of the comic strip Baldo
- Jeffrey Zucker, current President & CEO of NBC Universal
- Bill Conti, a film musical director.
- Darrell Gwynn, world champion racecar driver[1]
- Bryan Pata, American football player - attended, but didn't graduate
- Kurt Bevacqua - Baseball Player - hit World Series winning run
- Dalton Cathey - Actor
- Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander - Models - 1st twins to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue - ^ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues 1964 - 2006. sicollection.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- Johnny Holliday, ABC Sportscaster,voice of the University of Maryland Terrapins.
- Arnold W. Klein, a world-renowned dermatologist who has pioneered numerous minimally invasive procedures.
- Joel Williams - professional football player
[edit] See also
- North Miami Middle School
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- high school
- Education in the United States
