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:''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' is a secondary school located at 7460 S.W. 118th Street in Pinecrest, Florida; its principal is Howard Weiner.
Miami Palmetto is a nationally recognized senior high school located on 23 acres (93,000 m²) in the Village of Pinecrest, Florida in southeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Palmetto's athletic rivals are Miami Killian High School and Coral Reef High School. Coral Gables High School was a traditional rival throughout much of the school's history.
Like South Florida, Palmetto itself has changed a great deal in many respects since it was built in 1958. Palmetto serves a diverse population both culturally and socio-economically. The school is 42% white non-Hispanic, 33% Hispanic, 18% black non-Hispanic, and 7% Asian/other. Palmetto is Miami-Dade's last white-plurality high school. [1]
Palmetto students score higher on both state and national assessments than any other standard (non-magnet) public school in Miami-Dade County. According to Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2007), Palmetto is ranked at 82^nd in the nation, 20^th in the state of Florida. This ranking is based on a ratio devised by Jay Mathews, which takes the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2005 and divides it by the number of graduating seniors.

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Palmetto Media

Notable alumni

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External links

Palmetto Media

Miami Palmetto has two publications: the newspaper, ''The Panther'', and the yearbook, ''Palm Echo''. The newspaper is published monthly while the yearbook is published annually. The daily morning newscast, ''WPAW'', airs on closed-circuit channel 3.

Notable alumni

★ Jeff Bezos - founder of Amazon.com

★ Ben Greenman - Author and editor at the New Yorker

★ Nadia Turner - Season 4 American Idol finalist

★ Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie - American astronaut

★ Jennifer Rodriguez - Olympic speedskater

★ Kimbo Slice - Famous Bareknuckle Boxer and Mixed Martial Artist

★ Dan Blonsky - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire grand prize winner

★ Deborah Newell Tornello - Author, ''Virtual Vintage'', with Linda Lindroth, Random House, 2002

★ Chris Myers - Football player for the Denver Broncos

★ Cecil Sapp - Football player for the Denver Broncos

★ Rohan Marley - Owner of Tuff Gong Clothing and son of Bob Marley

★ Robin Fraser - Former U.S national soccer team member and Major League Soccer player with the Los Angeles Galaxy

★ Tom Foley - 3rd base coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and former Major League Baseball player

★ Wade Rowdon - Former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and was coached by Pete Rose

★ Orson Mobley - Football player for the Denver Broncos

★ Doug Mientkiewicz - Baseball player for the New York Yankees. Did not graduate from the school but briefly attended it prior to transferring to Westminster Christian School.

★ Bill Miller (finance) (b. 1950), Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, Legg Mason Capital Management (in the field of 'finance')

See also

★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Curtis Leeper- Professional Soccer Player for the strickers
Matt Gribble- World Record Holder in the 100 Meter Butterfly

External links

★ Miami-Dade County Public Schools

★ Miami Palmetto Senior High website

★ 05-06 School Profile - Achievement