MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL (FLORIDA)

'Miami High School' is a secondary school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida; its principal is Daniel Tosado.
Miami Senior High is the oldest still functioning secondary school in the county of Miami-Dade, having opened its doors in 1903. The school's current campus opened in 1928. Groundbreaking occurred early in 1926 but due to the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, the school's opening was delayed for over a year. The original school was established as a two-story wooden structure, for 15 students, on Northeast First Avenue. The school was first opened in early 1903 with an enrollment of 264; it was already grossly overcrowded on its first day; since then, Miami High School has always suffered from overcrowding. Miami High changed locations three times before it finally settled on its current three-story, 3,416-student campus near what is now Little Havana.
Miami High's official rival is Coral Gables High School but the school also has an informal athletic rivalry with Miami Beach High School.

Contents

The Miami High Times

Staff

Sections

Notable Clubs and Extracurricular Activities

SGA 2007 Officers

Activities Department

Notable alumni

Clubs and Activities

See also

External links

The Miami High Times

The Miami High Times is Miami High's free, monthly student newspaper. It is located in room 328 and the main office located in 328A, on the third floor of the main building.
The newspaper began in 1923, the oldest scholastic paper in Miami-Dade County--and one of the oldest amongst the nation. The design of the newspaper has gone through many major transformations, but an even bigger transformation is expected for the 2006-2007 school year. The paper is designed using the page layout software Adobe PageMaker and photo editing program Adobe Photoshop.

The newsroom went through a major renovation project in July 2006. The current room consists of 25 Windows XP desktops, five printers, one flatbed scanner and several cameras. The room creates a modern working environment, while showcasing Times history by presenting many newspapers published throughout the years.

Staff

The staff consists of over sixty members. The editorial board consists of the:

★ Editor-in-Chief

★ Senior Editor-in-Chief

★ Copy Editors

★ Business Manager

★ News Editors

★ Graphics Editor

★ Layout Editor

★ Staff Writers

★ and the adviser

Sections

The newspaper is organized in six sections:

★ 1. 'News' : Normally occupies the first three pages of the newspaper and includes briefs.

★ 2. 'Opinion' : Includes Editorials, Op-Eds, Letters to the Editor and Editorial Cartoons. Also normally three pages.

★ 3. 'Entertainment'

★ 4. 'Spread' : Always the middle two pages. Focuses on one major theme.

★ 5. 'Feature' : Offers a wide variety of stories from the staff writers. Soon to include a similar column to the famous "Everyone Has A Story" articles.

★ 6. 'Sports' : Includes a section recognizing student athletes.
The newspaper is a member of the Florida Scholastic Press Association.

Notable Clubs and Extracurricular Activities

BETA


HONORIA


PAX


INTERACT


KEY


SECME


Thespians Honor Society


Miami High Times


MIAHI


English Honor Society


Polish American Club

SGA 2007 Officers

★ Erick Hueck, President

★ Jessica Alvarez, 1st VP (Senate)

★ Yanichel Castillo, 2nd VP (IOC)

★ Christian Williams, Corresponding Secretary

★ Jackie Gonzalez, Recording Secretary

★ Yohana Ravelo, Treasurer

Activities Department

The school's activities department is extremely active in the community. Annually, MHS raises money and blood donations in the county and has a very competitive reputation. The elite Student Government Association is extremely involved. The activities office is under the management of alumna Barbara Quintero.
School publications include the W-MHS News, school newspaper, The Miami High Times (Sponsor, Dr. Shawn Eric DeNight) and the yearbook, MIAHI.

Notable alumni

★ Blue Adams - NFL Defensive Back, Cincinnati Bengals

★ Alfredo Amezega - Utility player, Florida Marlins

★ Atari Bigby - NFL Safety, Green Bay Packers

★ Steve Blake - NBA point guard, Portland Trail Blazers

★ Jeff Coopwood - Emmy nominated Actor/Broadcaster/Singer

★ Gloria Estefan - Cuban producer/singer

★ Robert L. Floyd - former Mayor of Miami, State Representative, Judge, and Miami Sheriff

★ Bob Graham - Florida Governor and US Senator

★ Udonis Haslem - NBA Forward, Miami Heat

★ Steve Hertz -- MLB player and Israel Baseball League manager

★ Jamaal Jackson - NFL Center, Philadelphia Eagles

★ Andre Johnson - NFL Wide Receiver, Houston Texans

★ Emilio Lopez - Consultant and Entrepreneur

★ Roscoe Parrish - NFL Wide Receiver, Buffalo Bills

★ Marquand Manuel - NFL, DB, Seattle Seahawks

★ Edward Lopez Pastor - Arizona State Representative

★ Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - First Latina and Cuban-American elected to United States Congress

★ George Smathers - former U.S. Congressman, Senator

★ Peter Zezima - First Italian club presdient and founder of jagex corp.

Clubs and Activities

Miami High has over 60 clubs, many of which are active every school year and during competitions. The IOC (Inter-Organization Council) holds monthly meetings for all club vice-presidents to present their service and activities for that month. Each year the IOC presents three clubs from each category: Service, Interest and Honor Society, with the highest honors of the school.
These three awards are bestowed upon the winners at the Inter-Organization Council Class Nite held every year in late May.

See also

★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools

★ high school

★ Education in the United States

External links

★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools

★ Miami High School's website