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 | |
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Location | |
Pinecrest, Florida United States | |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
Established | September 1958 |
School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal | Victoria Dobbs |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,883 students |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Columbia blue and white |
Mascot | Panther |
School hours | 7:20–2:20 |
Motto |
Vis Per Scientiam Latin for "Strength through knowledge" |
Assistant Principals |
Karina Menendez Tierney Hunter Bridgette Tate, Kristina Garcia |
Website | www.palmettopanthers.org |
Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a public high school located at 7460 S.W. 118th Street in Pinecrest, Florida. The school is on 23 acres (93,000 m²) in southwest Miami-Dade County, 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] Its principal is Victoria Dobbs.
Miami Palmetto's athletic rivals are Miami Killian High School, Miami Southridge 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.
History
Miami Palmetto was built in 1958. It serves a culturally and socioeconomically diverse population. 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% Hispanic, 31% white, 24% black/African American, 2% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Miami palmetto is the home school for the residents of Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay, West Perrine, and Colonial. [2]
Academics
Miami Palmetto students score higher on both state and national assessments than other standard (non-magnet) public schools in Miami-Dade County. According to Newsweek's 2001 List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools,[3] Miami Palmetto is ranked at 251 in the nation (23rd in the state of Florida). According to the 2007 list, the school is ranked at 72 in the nation. This ranking is based on self-reported statistics,[4] including:
- On-time graduation (91%)
- Graduates immediately enrolling in college (95%)
- Various standardized test scores (45%)
- AP/IB/AICE courses offered per graduate (5%)
Miami Palmetto is currently participating in a pilot program of AP Capstone.
School performance grade trends
School year | School grade |
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2014-2015 | A |
2013-2014 | A |
2012-2013 | A |
2011-2012 | A |
2010-2011 | A |
2009-2010 | A |
2008-2009 | A |
2007-2008 | A |
2006-2007 | A |
2005-2006 | A |
2004-2005 | A |
2003-2004 | B |
2002-2003 | A |
2001-2002 | A |
2000-2001 | A |
1999-2000 | C |
1998-1999 | C |
Miami Palmetto media
Miami Palmetto has two publications: the newspaper, The Panther,[6] and the yearbook, Palm Echo. Both are managed by student staffs, with Kurt Panton serving as adviser to both. The daily morning newscast, WPAW, airs on closed-circuit channel 3.
Athletics
International championships
- Coed sailing - British Schools Dinghy Racing Association Team Racing Champion (by invitation) - 1994 [7]
National championships
- Coed sailing - National High School Dinghy Championship (Mallory Trophy) - champion 1994;[8] runner-up 1997 [9]
- Coed sailing - national high school team racing champion (Baker Trophy) - 1994 [10]
State championships
- Boys' golf - 1967
- Softball - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008
- Girls' tennis - 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Boys' tennis - 1979, 1990, 1991, 1996
- Wrestling - 1974, 1976, 1996
- Boys' swimming - 2009, 2010
- Girls' water polo - 1980, 1986
- Boys' water polo - 1984
Notable alumni
- Jeff Bezos - founder of Amazon.com
- Hugo Black III - lawyer and legislator
- Camila Cabello - singer in the girl group Fifth Harmony
- Alan Campos - former NFL player
- Vinnie Chulk - Major League Baseball player; pitcher with Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan
- Derek Connolly - screenwriter of Safety Not Guaranteed and Jurassic World
- Larry Crawford - four-time Canadian Football League All-Star
- Alex Flinn - author of young adult novels
- Tom Foley - third base coach for the Tampa Bay Rays; former Major League Baseball player
- Robin Fraser - former U.S national soccer team member; Major League Soccer player with the Los Angeles Galaxy; current head coach of Chivas USA
- Terri Garber - actress, known for playing Ashton Main in the miniseries North and South
- Glenn Geffner - radio play-by-play announcer for the Miami Marlins
- Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie - astronaut
- Ben Greenman - best-selling author of Mo Meta Blues, The Slippage; writer for The New Yorker
- Matt Gribble - Olympic swimmer
- Tim Hardaway, Jr. - basketball player; shooting guard for the Atlanta Hawks
- Sylvia Hitchcock - Miss USA and Miss Universe 1967
- Bill Hurst - former MLB player with theMiami Marlins
- Jonathan James - teen hacker who penetrated NASA and DOD computer systems at age 15
- Debbie Liebling - entertainment executive and film producer
- Ron Magill - wildlife expert and communications director of Zoo Miami[11]
- Roger Manganelli – bassist for Less Than Jake
- Rohan Marley - owner of Marley Coffee & Tuff Gong Clothing; son of Bob Marley
- Paul McKinley - Dean, Saybrook College, Yale University
- Matt Mehana - vocalist for I Set My Friends On Fire
- Bill Miller - Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Legg Mason Capital Management
- Orson Mobley - former football player with the Denver Broncos
- Vivek Murthy - Surgeon General of the United States
- Chris Myers - football player with the Houston Texans
- Jennifer Rodriguez - Olympic speed skater
- Wade Rowdon - former MLB player with the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, and Baltimore Orioles
- Cecil Sapp - former football player for the Denver Broncos
- Kimbo Slice - bareknuckle boxer and mixed martial artist
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf
- ↑ Archived January 17, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2011: America's Best High Schools - Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Thedailybeast.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-27.
- ↑ 2011's Best American High Schools: How We Compiled the List - Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Thedailybeast.com (2011-06-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-27.
- ↑ Dadeschools.net. Osp.dadeschools.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-27.
- ↑ The Panther : The news site of Miami Palmetto Senior High School. Thepalmettopanther.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-27.
- ↑ http://nwisa.hssailing.org/news-results/full-post/ransom-everglades-report-from-the-2013-bsdra-team-race. Retrieved 25 September 2014. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Mallory - Fleet Race Results. Interscholastic Sailing Association http://hssailing.org/event/history/mallory. Retrieved 25 September 2014. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ . Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-16/sports/sp-59353_1_newport-harbor-varsity. Retrieved 20 October 2014. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Baker - Team Race Results. Interscholastic Sailing Association http://hssailing.org/event/history/baker. Retrieved 25 September 2014. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Hanks, Douglas (April 30, 2015). "The face of Zoo Miami enjoys a star turn in Havana". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
External links
- Miami-Dade County public schools
- Miami Palmetto Senior High website
- 05-06 School profile – achievement
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