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EspañolJOHN A. FERGUSON HIGH SCHOOL
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'John A. Ferguson Senior High School' is a secondary school located at 15900 S.W. 56th St. in Miami, Florida. The school mainly serves the outer portion of Miami's Kendall suburb; its principal is Ms. Jane Garraux.
John A. Ferguson Senior High School was built to alleviate overcrowding at G. Holmes Braddock High School, and Felix Varela High School, which had reached staggering populations of over 5,000. The school opened in the 2003-2004 school year with its first class attending G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School during more than half of the school year; Ferguson students were stationed in the back portables of the school. Students moved into the newly opened campus during the second half of the second semester as scheduled, although the school was not yet entirely completed. Ironically, Ferguson was created to relieve overpopulation in G. Holmes Braddock, but it now has a higher student population, ranking as the second most populated in the district after Barbara Goleman Senior High School.
Its school newspaper is The Talon, which is part of the High School National Ad Network.
The school is named after a local reverend who was instrumental in assisting the board in its efforts at desegregation. Several roads and streets have been renamed as a result of the school. SW 162nd Avenue will be soon renamed Falcons Avenue, when completion of a major transportation project is finished in October 2007. The bus drop-off in front of the school has been named after the founding principal, Dr. Donald A. Hoecherl, who left after the 2006-2007 school year.
The school is an Academy Based school, in which all students are entered into an academy of their choosing during their ninth grade year. Leadership classes are required by freshmen to make informed decisions into an academy. The exception to this rule is the International Baccalaureate Program which applicants apply for in their 8th grade year and begin Pre-IB classes their Freshman year.
Academies offered at Ferguson:
★ International Baccalaureate (Application Only)
★ Biomedical and Medical Skills
★ ITT
★ International Business and Finance
★ Design and Architecture
★ Tourism and Hospitality
Each academy offers a variety of post secondary opportunities including scholarships, internships, and college credit. 50% of the Class of 2007 Graduated with the distinction of being academy completers.
The school has faced the issue of overcrowding prior to the school's opening. Florida Law prohibits the construction of any school with a population capacity of 2,800, regardless of how many students attend. The school board had intended to build Ferguson to hold 2,800 students. In 2001, the Class Size Reduction Act was passed and lowered Ferguson's capacity to 2,400. Realizing that it was too late to amend the architectural plans, the district set up a plan for future expansion. The school opened up in the 2003-2004 school year with approx. 500 students. The students were stationed in G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School until March 1, 2004 when the students moved onto the new campus. The campus still was not fully operational, with the Auditorium, Cafeteria, and Gym areas still being finished.
During the 2004-2005 school year, the school population ballooned to 1,500, still under capacity but realizing that the population would continue to expand. The following school year the population reached 2,500 students, already above the allowed capacity of the school. The relief was already on the way the first Modular Building was constructed, adding 850 student stations to the school. This addition still was not enough to alleviate the overcrowding completely, the school had a 600 student deficit during the 2006-2007 school year.
Currently the school is expecting another expansion of students with a population reaching about 3,800+. The school has started taken action to keep the student class size in compliance with Florida Law, by opening several teacher planning rooms, science stockrooms, and several partitions in the Auditorium as temporary classrooms. The second of the Modular construction projects is scheduled to break ground in November 2007 in the present faculty parking lot. The new facility will hold approximately 600 students and hold science labs, computer labs, and additional standard classrooms. A new parking lot will be constructed around the existing Modular building.
Ferguson High School has a school uniform policy [1].
Shirts may be tennis shirts or oxford shirts and may be black, white, or gray.
Trousers may be black, khaki, or gray. Students may also be allowed to wear special shirts such as Class shirts or certain clubs they may belong to. Students are also allowed to wear Jeans on specified "Jeans day", as approved by the Principal.
Ferguson's athletic rival is G. Holmes Braddock High School.
★ Annilie Hastey, Miss Florida Teen USA 2007
★ Eric Mund, South Florida Entrepreneur, NFTE South Florida 2007
★ Michael Perez, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, NFTE 2007
★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools
★ High Schools
★ Education in the United States
★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools
★ John A. Ferguson High Homepage
'John A. Ferguson Senior High School' is a secondary school located at 15900 S.W. 56th St. in Miami, Florida. The school mainly serves the outer portion of Miami's Kendall suburb; its principal is Ms. Jane Garraux.
John A. Ferguson Senior High School was built to alleviate overcrowding at G. Holmes Braddock High School, and Felix Varela High School, which had reached staggering populations of over 5,000. The school opened in the 2003-2004 school year with its first class attending G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School during more than half of the school year; Ferguson students were stationed in the back portables of the school. Students moved into the newly opened campus during the second half of the second semester as scheduled, although the school was not yet entirely completed. Ironically, Ferguson was created to relieve overpopulation in G. Holmes Braddock, but it now has a higher student population, ranking as the second most populated in the district after Barbara Goleman Senior High School.
Its school newspaper is The Talon, which is part of the High School National Ad Network.
The school is named after a local reverend who was instrumental in assisting the board in its efforts at desegregation. Several roads and streets have been renamed as a result of the school. SW 162nd Avenue will be soon renamed Falcons Avenue, when completion of a major transportation project is finished in October 2007. The bus drop-off in front of the school has been named after the founding principal, Dr. Donald A. Hoecherl, who left after the 2006-2007 school year.
| Contents |
| Magnet Program |
| Overcrowding |
| School uniform |
| Athletic rivalries |
| Notable student |
| See also |
| External links |
Magnet Program
The school is an Academy Based school, in which all students are entered into an academy of their choosing during their ninth grade year. Leadership classes are required by freshmen to make informed decisions into an academy. The exception to this rule is the International Baccalaureate Program which applicants apply for in their 8th grade year and begin Pre-IB classes their Freshman year.
Academies offered at Ferguson:
★ International Baccalaureate (Application Only)
★ Biomedical and Medical Skills
★ ITT
★ International Business and Finance
★ Design and Architecture
★ Tourism and Hospitality
Each academy offers a variety of post secondary opportunities including scholarships, internships, and college credit. 50% of the Class of 2007 Graduated with the distinction of being academy completers.
Overcrowding
The school has faced the issue of overcrowding prior to the school's opening. Florida Law prohibits the construction of any school with a population capacity of 2,800, regardless of how many students attend. The school board had intended to build Ferguson to hold 2,800 students. In 2001, the Class Size Reduction Act was passed and lowered Ferguson's capacity to 2,400. Realizing that it was too late to amend the architectural plans, the district set up a plan for future expansion. The school opened up in the 2003-2004 school year with approx. 500 students. The students were stationed in G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School until March 1, 2004 when the students moved onto the new campus. The campus still was not fully operational, with the Auditorium, Cafeteria, and Gym areas still being finished.
During the 2004-2005 school year, the school population ballooned to 1,500, still under capacity but realizing that the population would continue to expand. The following school year the population reached 2,500 students, already above the allowed capacity of the school. The relief was already on the way the first Modular Building was constructed, adding 850 student stations to the school. This addition still was not enough to alleviate the overcrowding completely, the school had a 600 student deficit during the 2006-2007 school year.
Currently the school is expecting another expansion of students with a population reaching about 3,800+. The school has started taken action to keep the student class size in compliance with Florida Law, by opening several teacher planning rooms, science stockrooms, and several partitions in the Auditorium as temporary classrooms. The second of the Modular construction projects is scheduled to break ground in November 2007 in the present faculty parking lot. The new facility will hold approximately 600 students and hold science labs, computer labs, and additional standard classrooms. A new parking lot will be constructed around the existing Modular building.
School uniform
Ferguson High School has a school uniform policy [1].
Shirts may be tennis shirts or oxford shirts and may be black, white, or gray.
Trousers may be black, khaki, or gray. Students may also be allowed to wear special shirts such as Class shirts or certain clubs they may belong to. Students are also allowed to wear Jeans on specified "Jeans day", as approved by the Principal.
Athletic rivalries
Ferguson's athletic rival is G. Holmes Braddock High School.
Notable student
★ Annilie Hastey, Miss Florida Teen USA 2007
★ Eric Mund, South Florida Entrepreneur, NFTE South Florida 2007
★ Michael Perez, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, NFTE 2007
See also
★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools
★ High Schools
★ Education in the United States
External links
★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools
★ John A. Ferguson High Homepage
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