North Miami High School

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North Miami Senior High School

Established	August 1954
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Carnell A. White
Students	3,105
Grades	9–12
Location	North Miami, Florida USA
District	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Hunter Green and Gray
Mascot	Pioneers and Swamp Dogs (two mascots)
School hours	7:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Average class size	30
Website	nmhs2.dadeschools.net

North Miami Senior High School [NMSHS], is a secondary school located at 800 NE 137th St in North Miami, Florida. As of 2006 its principal is Carnell A. White.

North Miami Senior High School's construction started in 1951 for the students of the North Miami area. The school first opened its gates in August of 1954. The class of 1955 was the first graduating class.

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

1 Programs
2 Sports
3 Famous Alumni
4 Test Scores
5 Student body
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Programs

North Miami Senior High School has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since January of 1990.

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) is also offered at NMSH.

[edit] Sports

North Miami Senior High School offers:

Junior Varsity and Varsity is offered for all sports. In addition, girls can participate in almost every sport.

The school has two mascots: The Pioneers & The Swamp Dogs.

[edit] Famous Alumni

Cool and Dre - Andre Lyon & Marcello Valenzano; both members of the production team Cool & Dre, graduated from North Miami Senior High School.
Steve Carlton, Hall of Fame Pitcher.
Paul Gleason, Actor.

[edit] Test Scores

North Miami Senior High School was given a grade of "D" by the Florida Department of Education in 2005-2006. In 2004-2005, this school received a "D".

[edit] 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 comprises of Multicultural & 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%.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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