American High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida)

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American High School

Established	September 1976
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Dr. Louis J. Algaze
Students	2,876 students
Grades	9–12
Location	Unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida USA
District	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Red, White and Blue
Mascot	Patriot
School Hours	7:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Average Class Size	31
School Uniforms	Mandatory
Website	American Senior High School

American High School is a secondary school located at 18350 NW 67 Avenue in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida; its principal is Dr. Louis J. Algaze.

American was built and opened in 1976 and was named so because this was the year of America's bicentennial. Its mascot and colors were chosen to reflect this. The school uses a Hialeah address but mainly serves the city of Miami Gardens.

American's athletic rivals include Barbara Goleman High School, Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School and Miami Carol City High School

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American High School requires school uniforms, consisting of a red, white, or blue polo shirt, as well as jeans.

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools

	v • d • e Partial list of Miami-Dade County Public Schools
High Schools	American \| Braddock \| Carol City \| Central \| Coral Gables \| Coral Park \| Edison \| Ferguson \| Goleman \| Hialeah Hialeah-Miami Lakes \| Homestead \| Jackson \| Killian \| Krop \| Miami High \| Miami Beach \| Miami Springs \| Norland \| North Miami North Miami Beach \| Northwestern \| Palmetto \| Reagan/Doral \| South Dade \| South Miami \| Southridge \| Southwest \| Sunset \| Varela \| Washington
Magnet High Schools	School for Advanced Studies \| Coral Reef \| Design and Architechture \| MAST Academy \| Miami Lakes E.C. \| Morgan E.C. \| New World \| Turner Tech
Middle Schools	Ammons \| Highland Oaks \| Kinloch Park \| Lawton Chiles \| Nautilus \| North Miami \| Palmetto \| Ponce de Leon \| Rockway \| Southwood \| Thomas Jefferson
Elementary	Ada Merrit \| Air Base \| Arcola Lake \| Auburndale \| Avocado \| Banyan \| Bel-Aire \| W.J. Bryan \| Amelia Earhart \| Finlay \| Barbara Hawkins \| Hialeah Gardens \| Zora Neale Hurston \| Leewood \| Madie Ives \| Parkview \| Riverside \| Ben Sheppard \| South Miami \| Sunset Park \| Twin Lakes \| West Laboratory
K-8 Centers	Coral Way Bilingual K-8 Center \| M.A. Milam K-8 Center