Miami Palmetto High School

This article is about the high school in Pinecrest, Florida. For other high schools with the same name, see Palmetto High School (disambiguation).
Miami Palmetto Senior High School
Established September 1958
Type Public secondary
Principal Dr. Allison Harley
Students 4,093 students
Grades 9–12
Location Pinecrest, Florida, USA
District Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Campus Suburban
Colors Columbia blue and white         
Mascot Panther
School hours 7:20–2:20
Motto

Vis Per Scientiam

Latin for "Strength through knowledge"
Website mpsh.dadeschools.net

Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a secondary school located at 7460 S.W. 118th Street in Pinecrest, Florida, USA, a Miami suburb; its principal is Allison Harley. The school is on 23 acres (93,000 m²) in southwest Miami-Dade County, Florida, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Miami Norland Senior High is Miami Palmetto's sister school by original blueprints. The school has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.[1]

Miami Palmetto's athletic rivals are Miami Killian High School and Coral Reef High School. Coral Gables High School and South Dade High School were rivals throughout much of the school's history.

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History

The school was built in 1958. Miami Palmetto serves a diverse population both culturally and socio-economically. It is one of two public high schools with a white non-Hispanic plurality in Miami-Dade County, the other being Tracy and Alonzo Mourning High School. The school is 40% white (non-Hispanic), 34% Hispanic, 18% black (non-Hispanic), 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial.[2]

Academics

Miami Palmetto students score higher on both state and national assessments than other standard (non-magnet) public schools in Miami-Dade County. For example, according to Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2011),[3] Miami Palmetto is ranked at 251 in the nation (23rd in the State of Florida). This ranking is based on self-reported statistics[4] including:

Miami Palmetto media

Miami Palmetto has two publications: the newspaper, "The Panther", and the yearbook, Palm Echo. Both are managed by staffs composed entirely of students, with Kurt Panton serving as adviser to both. The daily morning newscast, WPAW, airs on closed-circuit channel 3.

Athletics

Miami Palmetto won the Miami Herald's Athletic Program of the Year Award for large schools in 2005–06 and 2006–07. Miami Palmetto is strong in swimming, track, golf, wrestling, girls basketball, tennis, baseball and softball. Many athletes have signed college scholarships. Recently playing for the boys basketball team was Tim Hardaway, Jr. who committed to The University of Michigan and is also the son of former NBA all-star Tim Hardaway. Miami Palmetto's athletics have recently produced players such as Jaamal Berry (Ohio State) Jamaine Brooks(Louisville) Delvin Jones(Ole Miss) Taylor Wasser (Florida Atlantic) Lawrence Snead (Methodist Univ./Florida International) and Andrell Smith (Louisvile, Jacob Marchus(Manhattan College), and Adam Sargeant (University of Miami). Miami Palmetto has won 18 state championships. Miami Palmetto's dance team, Chattonettes and company, ranks well every year in competition.

Recent teams finished strong at the regional (Southern Florida) and state level.

Notable alumni

See also

Notable alumni

Kendall Coffey – US Attorney, So District of Florida

References

  1. ^ http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf
  2. ^ http://mpsh.dadeschools.net/overview.htm
  3. ^ http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/features/2011/americas-best-high-schools.html
  4. ^ http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/06/20/best-american-high-schools-how-we-compiled-the-list.html

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