North Miami Senior High School

North Miami Senior High School
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North Miami Senior High School

800 NE 137th St North Miami, Florida, 33161 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1954
School district	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal	Carnell A. White
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,749
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Hunter Green and Gray
Mascot	Pioneers & Swamp Dogs
Website	nmhs2.dadeschools.net

North Miami Senior High School (NMSHS), is a secondary school located at 800 NE 137th St in the city of North Miami, Florida, USA. Its principal is Carnell A. White. Mr. White will be replaced when the students transfer into the new building under construction.

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.

North Miami's main athletic rival is North Miami Beach Senior High School.

1 International Baccalaureate
2 Test scores
3 Student body
4 The future
5 Sports
6 Notable alumni
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

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.

Test scores

North Miami Senior High School was given a grade of F by the Florida Department of Education in 2006-2007. In 2005-2006, this school received a D.

If North Miami fails to bring the school grade up to a C in the 2007-2008 school year, that will be the 3rd year in a row that it was graded a D or F, meaning that under measures set by the state, drastic measures will be taken. These may include firing/transferring/replacing teachers and administrators, transferring students to other schools or removing funding for extracurricular activities.

Student body

81% of the students are African-American, 15% are of Hispanic origin, 2% are non-Hispanic whites, and 2% are of Asian decent. The rest are multicultural and American Indian.

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.

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 two mascots: the Pioneers and the Swamp Dogs.

Notable alumni

Cool and Dre - Andre Lyon & Marcello Valenzano, rappers/producers
Steve Carlton, Hall of Fame Pitcher.
Paul Gleason, actor.
David Paulison, Director of FEMA
Carlos Castellanos, cartoonist and co-creator of the comic strip Baldo
Jeffrey Zucker, President & CEO of NBC Universal
Bill Conti, film musical director.
Bryan Pata, American football player - attended, but didn't graduate
Kurt Bevacqua - baseball player - hit World Series winning run
Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander - models - first twins to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue - ^ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues 1964 - 2006. sicollection.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
Johnny Holliday, ABC Sportscaster,voice of the University of Maryland Terrapins.
Joel Williams - professional football player
Ryan Cooper - soccer player for the Laredo Heat and MVP for 2007 season