Miami Coral Park Senior High School
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| Miami Coral Park Senior High School | |
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8865 SW 16th St , 33165 | |
| Coordinates | 25°45′22″N 80°20′27″W / 25.75611°N 80.34083°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem to be) |
| Established | 1963 |
| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Alicia Hidalgo |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,306 |
| Average class size | 34 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Gold, White, and Navy |
| Mascot | Rams |
| Newspaper | The Rampage |
| Yearbook | Arieon |
| Website | mcpshs.net |
Miami Coral Park Senior High School is a secondary school, located in the Westchester census-designated place of Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.[1][2] It is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
History
The school was opened in 1963. It was the first school with air conditioning in South Florida.[citation needed]
Demographics
Miami Coral Park High School is 93% Hispanic, 2% Black non-Hispanic, 4% White non-Hispanic and 1% unknown, as of 2011.[3]
Extra curricular successes
In 1996 and in 2003, the Miami Coral Park Varsity Cheerleading squad won national championship titles. (Cheerleaders of America in Jacksonville, FL 1996; The American Open Championships Tampa FL 2003).
In 2011, the Miami Coral Park Marching "Band Of Gold" won the Class 3a State Championship at the annual FMBC Florida marching band competition.
In pop culture
During the summer of 1984, Coral Park's gym was used as the Angel Beach High gym in Porky's Revenge, the third movie of the Porky's series.
For a brief period in the late 1980s up to the late 1990s (1998), the stretch of 16th street on which the school is located was renamed "Jose Canseco Street" after one of the school's most famous alumni. However, after Canseco gained notoriety due to several scandalous episodes, the street returned to its original designation as "Ram Road" when students signed a petition. Part of the street is now named Ram Road/Jose Luis Rodriguez, after a local philanthropist who volunteered at Coral Park and whose son attended the school.
Notable alumni
- Rafael Anchia, member Texas House of Representatives District 103
- Steven Bauer (real name: Rocky Echevarria), actor
- Ed Calle, musician
- José Canseco, former professional baseball player
- Ozzie Canseco, Former MLB player
- Elsa Casales (now Elsa Murano), 23rd President of Texas A&M University
- Alex Castellanos, MLB player
- Jessica Collazo (now Jessica Aguirre), TV news anchor
- Lili Estefan, TV talk show host
- Steve Foucault, former MLB pitcher
- Pete Gonzalez, NFL Quarterback
- Pedro Gomez, TV sports reporter
- Luis Martinez, MLB player
- Luis Montanez class of 2000: MLB player
- Danny Pino, actor
- Pitbull (real name: Armando Christian Perez), rap musician[4]
- Steven Reinemund, former Chairman of the Board and CEO of PepsiCo
- Tessie Santiago, actress
- Barry Smith, former NFL wide receiver
- Eric Soderholm, former MLB infielder
- Nelson Vargas, former MLS and USMNT forward
See also
References
- ^ "2010 Block Census Map Westchester, Florida" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.
- ^ Home page. Miami Coral Park High School. Retrieved on January 3, 2015. "8865 SW 16th St | Miami, FL 33165"
- ^ Miami Coral Park Senior High School Profile | Miami, Florida (FL)
- ^ Wiltz, Teresa (July 25, 2004). "Hustling to the Beat". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
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