George Washington Carver School (Coral Gables, Florida)

George Washington Carver Senior High School
Address
4901 Lincoln Drive Coral Gables , Dade , Florida 33133 USA
Information
Type	Private to Public
Established	1899-1966
School district	Dade County Public Schools
Grades	K - 12
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Orange and Green
Mascot	Hornets

George Washington Senior High School, the school served grades K-12. It is located in Coral Gables, Florida, under the supervision of the Dade County Public Schools. The school opened in 1899 as a black school, for black students residing in Dade County, Florida, Florida; although it traces its beginning to an earlier private school for black children, informally known as "The Little Schoolhouse," which opened in 1899 as Dade Training School as private.

After Florida schools desegregated during the 1966-1967 (with the class of 1966 being the last class to graduate from Carver) school year, Carver became a seventh grade center. The Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores were forced to attend Coral Gables Sr. High. Most of those students called the school Carver Gables.

Some residents had thought that the school was in Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood, but because of its position it is actually located in Coral Gables because Brooker St. is the line that separates the two. Therefore, when the school converted to a middle school, the former high school students (i.e., sophomores, juniors, and seniors) were transferred to Coral Gables schools to complete high school.

The school is named for George Washington Carver. Its colors are Orange and Green, and its mascot Hornets.

Athletics

During the High School Days of Carver, football teams used to play other high schools such as Miami Northwestern High School, Booker T. Washington Senior High of Dade County, North Dade Junior/ Senior High School, Arthur and Polly Mays Senior High, George S. Middleton High of Tampa, FL, Howard Blake High of Tampa, FL, Dillard High, Attucks High of Broward County, Gilbert High of Jacksonville, FL, Gifford High of Vero Beach, FL and others.

Alma mater

The school's alma mater was composed by Tommy Sands in 1956. "All Hail Carver, o' let us live" was sung in 1983 in a National Racism Free Zone Project (NRFZP) conference, Carver was a all-black school back then. A tradition in G.W. Carver is every Monday after the morning announcement is to recite the alma mater.

Notable alumni

• Winston Scott (astronaut)

See also

• Miami-Dade County Public Schools

External links

• Official website
• http://www.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_details.asp?id=6071 George Washington Carver Middle School at Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/fl/749 George Washington Carver Middle School at Greatschools.net
• http://www.sbcmiami.org/index.cfm/pageID/1468/