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Miami Northwestern Senior High School
File:Miami-Dade logo.png
Location
Miami
,
Florida

USA
Information
TypePublic
Established1951
School districtMiami-Dade County Public Schools
PrincipalMr. Charles Hankerson
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,388
Campusurban-inner-city
Color(s)Old Gold & Royal Blue
MascotBulls
School hours7:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Average class size30
Websitenorthwestern.dadeschools.net
Ride

Miami Northwestern Senior High School is a secondary school located at 1100 N.W. 71st St Miami, Florida; serving the Liberty City area of Miami. Miami Northwestern, located adjacent to Liberty Square Housing Projects, has had its student population average more than 2250 students the past four years with more than 90% African-American and 6% Hispanic.[1]

65% of the school's students receive free or reduced lunches.[2] According to the Florida Department of Education Miami Northwestern has received the grade of F on the School Accountability Reports for the school years 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2006-07. [3] The school has seen a decline in the percentage of students making gains in reading and "Percentage of Lowest 25% Making Learning Gains in Reading" but the school has made gains in "Percentage Meeting High Standards in Math." [4]

Its principal Mr. Charles Hankerson, is the fourth person to hold that position in the last two years.[5]

The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system.

Performing and Visual Arts Center (PAVAC)

In January of 2007, twenty students from Miami Northwestern High School’s Performing and Visual Arts Center drama class were awarded the “Best Florida Film,” at the 2006 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: High School Film Competition for their short film, directed by Jabari D. Payne, entitled “A New Love.” Additionally, Marcus Issac, producer and editor of “A New Love,” was awarded the 2006 Miami Dade Mayor’s Office of Film & Entertainment: Student Filmmaker Award, for his outstanding contributions on the film.

The students, members of the in-school CINEMA program of the Florida Film Institute (FFI), a non-profit organization mentoring more than 4,200 aspiring young filmmakers throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties, screened their film at the “Romance in a Can Film Festival” on opening night, February 9, 2007 at the Byron Carlyle Theatre on Miami Beach. [6]

Athletics

Miami Northwestern's athletic rival is Miami Central High.

Football

The Miami Northwestern Bulls have won three class 6A state championships.[7] In its third game of the 2007 football season, the Bulls traveled to Texas to take on the #1 nationally ranked Southlake Dragons, winning the contest 29-21. [8] More than 30,000 watched as Miami Northwestern ended Southlake's 49-game win streak.

2007 season

Date Time Opponent Home/Away W/L Score Site City
09/01/07 7:30pm Carol City Away W 42-0 Traz Powell Stadium Miami
09/07/07 7:30pm Homestead Home W 28-18 Traz Powell Stadium Miami
09/15/07 6:00pm Carroll(Southlake, TX) Away W 29-21 SMU Dallas,TX
09/28/07 7:30pm Miami Southridge Away W 48-21 Harris Field Miami
10/04/07 7:00pm Goleman Home W 57-0 Traz Powell Stadium Miami
10/13/07 7:30pm Hialeah-Miami Lakes Home W 63-0 Traz Powell Stadium Miami
10/19/07 7:30pm American Home W 36-12 Traz Powell Stadium Miami
10/27/07 7:30pm Miami Central Away W 24-12 Miami Orange Bowl Miami
11/02/07 7:30pm Hialeah Away Milander Park Hialeah
11/09/07 7:30pm Jackson Home Traz Powell Stadium Miami

Track and field

The Bulls have also excelled, state-wide, in track and field, finishing in the top of the Flordia state 4A track and field championships for the past 10 years.[9]

Faculty Firings Amid Rape Allegations

On December 7, 2006 senior star running back of the football team Antwain Easterling was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a minor for having sexual intercourse with a fourteen year old girl in a bathroom at Miami Northwestern High School three months earlier. The girls mother had reported the incident to three faculty members at the school in October 2006 and one of them reportedly informed the principal Dwight Bernard. The proper authorities were not notified and it did not come to the attention of Miami-Dade school police until the mother of the fourteen year old asked an unknowing member of the police staff how the investigation was proceeding. Also arrested in the incident and charged with the same offense were Dante Maurice Jefferson and Vincent Shannon Jefferson.[10]

After it was revealed that several members of the schools administration, faculty, and the football teams coaching staff knew about the incident and failed to report it, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew fired a total of twenty-one people including Miami Northwestern Principal Dwight Bernard, Head Football Coach Roland Smith and his entire staff, and many other school employees. In addition, athletics director Gregory Killings resigned. The football team was also placed on probation for one-year instead of having the entire 2007 season cancelled. Bernard was indicted by a grand jury in March 2007 with official misconduct for covering up the incident. The grand jury report said school officials " allowed for the glory of football to trump the needs and safety" of the victim and that "priorities were chosen and the little girl lost." [11][12][13] It was later reported that the mother of the young girl made contact with members of the school adminsitration over 30 times but the incident was never reported to Miami-Dade police as required by state and federal law.[14]

Easterling was allowed to enroll in a pretrial diversionary program which included 26 weeks of counseling sessions that would allow him to avoid prosecution and have the charges against him dismissed upon the completion of the program. Though he had been heavily recruited by schools like the University of Miami, the University of Florida, and Notre Dame these schools lost interest and walked away. He was finally recruited by The University of Southern Mississippi.[15]

Famous Alumni

Sports

Recording and film

Trivia

  • Miami Northwestern is also nicknamed "Da West". It is also referred to as "Da House", primarily due to the fact that Trick Daddy, an alumnus of the school, filmed his music video for "Take it to Da House" in the school's gymnasium.
  • Miami Northwestern is the #1 Ranked High School Football team on ESPN.com [16]

References

  1. ^ "Miami Northwestern Senior High School". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  2. ^ "School Grades". Florida Department of Education. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  3. ^ "School Accountability Reports". Florida Department of Education. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  4. ^ "School Accountability Reports". Florida Department of Education.
  5. ^ "Winning game plan recharges Miami Northwestern". Miami Herald.
  6. ^ "Miami Northwestern High School Students Honored with Awards and Film Festival Appearance". Florida Film Institute. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  7. ^ "Prep Rally: Miami Northwestern wins 6A title". USAToday. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  8. ^ "Miami Northwestern wins battle of high school powers, 29-21". The Examiner. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  9. ^ "Boys Track and Field" (PDF). Flordia High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  10. ^ http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_341155709.html
  11. ^ http://www.theoldcoach.com/archives/2007/07/miami_northwest_2.php
  12. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/cusa/2007-07-26-easterling-scrutiny_N.htm?csp=34
  13. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2007-09-13-carroll-northwestern_N.htm
  14. ^ http://www.nbc6.net/news/13453997/detail.html
  15. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/cusa/2007-07-26-easterling-scrutiny_N.htm?csp=34
  16. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/news/story?id=2988741/
  • Miami Northwestern tops ESPN Super 25[1]

See also

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