Northeast High School (Oakland Park, Florida)

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Northeast High School
Home of the Hurricanes
School type	Public
Principal	William J. Kemp
Location	Oakland Park, Florida
Enrollment	2,033
Colors	Red and Black
Homepage	[1]

Northeast High School (located in Oakland Park, Florida) is a high school in Broward County, Florida. Northeast serves Oakland Park and Fort Lauderdale as well as the portion of North Lauderdale east of Florida's Turnpike.

Northeast High School is a magnet school with three specialties: Architecture, Business and Latin. All students must choose one of the three magnet programs to enroll in, and this determines several courses that the students will take.

In February 2007, Dr. Sandy Melillo, an English and TV Production teacher at Northeast, was named Broward County's 2008 Teacher of the Year.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Mike Mularkey, Offensive Coordinator of the Miami Dolphins
Jaco Pastorius, Jazz bassist and composer
Brent Jett, Astronaut

[edit] Clubs

Northeast High School has a myriad of exciting clubs such as Art, National Honor Society, Key Club, SECME: Science, Engineering, Communication, Mathematics Enrichment,Ecology Club, Human Relations Council, Drama, Anime Club, First Priority, Mu Alpha Theta, and Band. These clubs partake in entertaining exhibitions, competitions, and long-standing traditions. Each club has a motivated sponsor such as the enthusiastic Band Director. Three generations of Northeast band Alumni have gone on to become the band's directors themselves, ensuring only the best of quality. In the fall of 2006, Northeast held its first Club Fair in order to attract the diverse student body to join the many clubs offered.

[edit] Athletics

Northeast has programs in Football, Water Polo, Swimming, Volleyball, Soccer, Track, Cross Country, Flag Football, and Baseball. The Water Polo Team has gone on to win the State Championships two years in a row, in 2005 and 2006.