North Miami Senior High School
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| North Miami Senior High School | |
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13110 NE 8th Avenue , 33161 United States | |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Established | 1951 |
| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Michael A. Lewis |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,760 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Hunter Green and Gray |
| Mascot | Pioneers |
| Website | nmsh.dadeschools.net |
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North Miami Senior High School (NMSHS), is a secondary school located at 800 NE 137th St in the city of North Miami, Florida, USA.
North Miami Senior High School opened as Edward L. Constance Junior-Senior High School in 1951, with 1,500 students in 7th, 8th and 9th grades. Another grade was added each year for the next three years. The class of 1955 was the first graduating class. Early in 1955 the name of the school was changed to North Miami Senior High School.[1] In the fall of 1955 the 7th, 8th and 9th grades were moved to the new North Miami Junior High School.
History
When Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus opened in 2009, it relieved North Miami High.[2]
International Baccalaureate
Since January 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.
Student body
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81% of the students are Black (with a large majority being of Caribbean ancestry), 15% are Hispanic, 2% are Caucasian, and 2% are Asian.
- 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%.
The future
The City of North Miami and the Miami-Dade County School Board have agreed 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 on the New North Miami Senior High School. It should be ready for the 2009-2010 school year. The K-8 replacing North Miami Middle will be ready for the 2008-2009 school year. As of 2012, the old North Miami Senior High building is no longer standing.
Band
North Miami's Auxiliary was awarded an Excellent rating.
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 and field
- Girls' track and field
- Boys' volleyball
- Girls' water polo
- Boys' water polo
Junior Varsity and Varsity is offered for all sports.
The school has one official mascot: The Pioneer
The school has a second 'unofficial' mascot - The Swampdog.[citation needed]
Notable graduates
- Michelle Bernstein - Chef[3]
- Carlos Alvarez - American Football Player. Class of 1968
- Dave Aronberg - Member of the Florida Senate.
- Kurt Bevacqua - American Baseball Player[4]
- Steve Carlton - American Baseball Player. Class of 1963[5]
- Bill Conti - Composer. Class of 1959[6][7]
- Paul Gleason - Actor. Class of 1958[8]
- Cory McFarlane - Actor.
- Mark S. Pafford - Member of the Florida House of Representatives.
- Robert David Paulison - Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
- Jerry Weiss (artist)[9]
- Jeff Zucker - Television Producer and Executive. Class of 1982[10]
See also
- North Miami Middle School
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- High school
- Education in the United States
References
- ^ Pioneer Handbook 1958-1959. North Miami Senior High School Student Council.
- ^ "SS_QQQ1_1-24-09.pdf." Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus. Retrieved on May 6, 2012.
- ^ Distinguished alumni, Dade schools
- ^ baseball reference.com
- ^ "Steve Carlton Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ North Miami Sr. High School Alumni Events
- ^ Wikipedia Bill Conti .org
- ^ Wikipedia .org
- ^ Distinguished alumni, Dade schools
- ^ Jeff Zucker
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