Hialeah High School

Hialeah High School is a secondary school located at 251 E 47th Street in Hialeah, Florida, USA.

History

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Hialeah High School opened its doors to students and staff in 1954 to serve the growing communities of Northwestern Miami-Dade County. It is one of the oldest secondary schools in the county, having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2004. Hialeah was one of the ten Miami-Dade high schools that was given a grade of "F" for the 2006–2007 school year according to the FCAT examinations.

Hialeah's growth began in the early 1960s when a population boom occurred due to a migration of expatriate Cubans from the Cuban Revolution of 1959. As a response to this, Miami Springs High School, which opened in September 1964, was built to relieve this overcrowding problem, but the initiative failed as the student population growth in the area was larger than the capacity of both high schools. Because of this, Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School was built, opening in 1971, to relieve both schools from their population problems. This divided the city of Hialeah into the three school zones still in effect today, Hialeah High School mostly serving the eastern and central portions of the city.

Up until the early 1970s, Hialeah High School (as well as the surrounding area) was predominantly white; due to an influx of immigrants, primarily of Cuban descent, the majority of the school's population became Hispanic over the 1980s and 1990s. The school is now 95% percent Hispanic.

In 1987, an asbestos problem forced the closure of Miami Springs Senior High School. Miami Springs Senior High School students and staff temporarily relocated to Hialeah Senior High School. A split shift was established where Hialeah High students attended the first part of the day and Miami Springs students attended the second half.

Hialeah High's campus was greatly expanded between 1999 and 2003 adding a new building, expanding and renovating its auditorium and classrooms, and adding extra parking space. Due to a population increase in the city of Hialeah in the early 2000s, the school was fast becoming one of the most populated in the area and a proposal to build another high school in the city of Hialeah was put before the school board, and Westland Hialeah High School was constructed.

Hialeah has an athletic rivalry with nearby Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School which began in the 1970s. It also has a less formal rivalry with Miami Springs High School left over from the 1960s, and a historical rivalry with Miami Jackson High School which is no longer in effect.

Demographics

Hialeah High is 93% Hispanic, 4% black and 3% white non-Hispanic. ^[1]

Notable alumni

• Harry Casey, member of KC and the Sunshine Band.
• Bucky Dent, former professional baseball player.
• David Freeman, 2008 Beijing Olympian
• Ted Hendricks, former professional football player.
• Angel Hernandez, professional baseball umpire.
• Charlie Hough, former professional baseball player.
• Roell Preston, former professional football player.
• Ricardo "Rock" Preston, former football standout at Florida State University.
• Rick Sanchez, CNN anchor/correspondent.
• Jon Secada, Grammy Award-winning musician.
• Mavis Smith, Aka "Diamond Girl" Extraordinary Person, Well known actress for her role as Ms. J in America’s Next Top Agent..HAPPY 40th......We Gotcha..lol
• Pedro Zamora, MTV's The Real World personality.
• Mayra Veronica, singer, actress, model (FHM 100 sexiest in the world, Maxim's sexiest music artist alive)
• Juan Sylvester, U.S Navy/Marine Corps Veteran Operation Iraqi Freedom,Operation Enduring Freedom
• Camilo Vazquez, Baseball Player - Drafted by Cincinnati Reds in the 4th Round of 2002 MLB draft
• Gio Gonzalez, Baseball Player - Drafted by Chicago White Sox in the 1st Round, Made MLB Debut in 2008 with the Oakland A's against the Toronto BlueJays
• Chris Lopez, Baseball Player - Drafted by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 4th Round 2003 MLB Draft
• Nick Hernandez, Baseball Player - Drafted by Oakland A's in 2006 Draft, Played at the University of Tennessee, Drafted in 12th round of 2009 Draft

Athletics

One of the winningest high school sports programs in South Florida.

• Baseball: won the State Title in 1969, 2001, and 2002 under head coach Richard Bielski
• Baseball: reached the Regional Playoffs 8 years since 2000.
• Girls Water Polo: qualified for the States Championships in 2009
• Wrestling: 3 State Champions since 2005. Frank Celorrio(2-time state champion), Omar Perez, and Michael Nates

Academics

The state's accountability program grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs.

The school's grades by the year since the FCAT began in 1998 are:

• 1998-99: D
• 1999-00: D
• 2000-01: D
• 2001-02: C (338 Points)
• 2002-03: D (305 Points)
• 2003-04: D (309 Points)
• 2004-05: C (327 Points)
• 2005-06: C (327 Points)
• 2006-07: F (390 Points)
• 2007-08: C (439 Points)
• 2008-09: D (435 Points)

School Uniforms

Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year Hialeah High students will be required to wear uniforms. Students may wear white, blue, or red collared shirts; pants may be black or khaki in color, or students may wear dark jeans.

References

External links

• Hialeah High School
• Miami-Dade County public schools
• Hialeah High baseball
• The Record Paper Online
• Golden Thoroughbreds