North Miami Senior High School
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| North Miami Senior High School | |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Established | 1951 |
| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Branton |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,760 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Hunter Green and Grey |
| Mascot | Pioneers |
| Website | nmsh.dadeschools.net |
North Miami Senior High School (NMSHS) is a secondary school located at 13110 NE 8th Avenue in North Miami, Florida, USA.
The 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.
International Baccalaureate
Since January 1990, North Miami has offered the International Baccalaureate program. This international non-profit educational foundation was founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization administers programs for elementary, middle, and high schools, providing an international curriculum intended to be acceptable to universities around the world.
North Miami Senior High hosts a magnet program that offers a rigorous diploma curriculum approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization, based in Geneva. The IB Magnet Program consists of approximately 250 students divided between pre-IB in grades 9 and 10, and IB in grades 11 and 12. Students are selected based upon academic achievement, previous advanced coursework and promise. The North Miami IB program is culturally and ethnically diverse due to the fact that students are transported throughout Miami-Dade County.
IB diploma candidates are assessed at international standards in six areas with three exams taken at a higher level and three exams taken at a standard level. IB diploma candidates must also complete a 150-hour creativity, action and service requirement, write a 4,000-word independently researched Extended Essay, and complete a Theory of Knowledge class.
North Miami Senior High also has an International Affairs program, which focuses on languages and international studies. This rigorous course of study offers the IB certificate in the chosen fields of study, while offering a variety of IB and AP courses to meet students' needs.
Controversy
On Wednesday, June 9th, 2015, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools removed[2] Alberto Iber from his position as principal of North Miami High for making a comment online supporting the actions of McKinney, Texas police officer David Eric Casebolt during a 2015 Texas pool party incident.Iber participated in an online, racially charged national debate over police treatment of African-Americans, by defending a white Texas a police officer who was recorded on video restraining an unarmed fifteen-year-old girl on the ground, and who later drew his handgun during the incident. The school district cited a violation of its core values [3] as reason for Iber's reassignment.
Band
North Miami's Auxiliary was awarded an Superior rating.[citation needed]
Notable graduates
- Carlos Alvarez - NFL football player (Class of 1968)
- Dave Aronberg - Member of the Florida Senate
- Michelle Bernstein - chef and restaurateur[4]
- Kurt Bevacqua - MLB baseball player[5]
- John Browning - NFL football player (Class of 1992)
- Carlos Castellanos - illustrator, nationally syndicated comic strip artist (Baldo)
- Steve Carlton - MLB baseball player (Class of 1963)[6]
- Jim Colombo - kickboxer (Class of 1986)
- Bill Conti - Oscar-winning composer (The Right Stuff, theme from Rocky) (Class of 1959)[7]
- Cool & Dre - record producers [8]
- Barbara Caridad Ferrer - writer, Adiós to My Old Life, When the Stars Go Blue (Class of 1985) [9]
- Fred Francis - NBC News foreign correspondent (Class of 1961)[10]
- Paul Gleason - TV and film actor (The Breakfast Club, All My Children) (Class of 1958)
- Lynda Goodfriend - TV and film actress (Happy Days) (Class of 1968)
- Israel Gutierrez - CNN and ESPN sports commentator (Class of 1995)
- Darrell Gwynn - NHRA drag race driver (Class of 1979)[11]
- Charles Jackson - NFL football player; community activist (Class of 1982)
- Dr. Arnold Klein - dermatologist and physician for Michael Jackson
- Earl Little - NFL football player (Class of 1992)
- Cory McFarlane - actor, producer and project manager (Class of 1999)
- Howard Neu - City of North Miami mayor and councilman, attorney and municipal judge (Class of 1958)[12]
- Steve Nicosia - former MLB player
- Mark S. Pafford - Member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Aris Paganakis - collectible furniture designer; President of Design-O-Matic[13] (Class of 1981)
- Robert David Paulison - Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- George Roller - executive director of the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship on Capitol Hill (Class of 1964)
- Jerry Weiss - artist (Class of 1976)[14]
- Joel Williams - NFL football player (Class of 1974)
- Jeff Zucker - television producer and executive (Class of 1982)[15]
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.
- ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article23616994.html
- ^ http://www.dadeschools.net/mission.asp
- ^ 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
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=351SKVpyWMo
- ^ http://caridadferrer.com
- ^ Fred Francis
- ^ Darrell Gwynn
- ^ Howard Neu
- ^ Design-O-Matic
- ^ Distinguished alumni, Dade schools
- ^ Jeff Zucker
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