Northeast High School | |
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Address | |
700 Northeast 56th Street 700 Jett Boulevard Oakland Park, Florida 33334 United States | |
Coordinates | 26°11′42″N80°08′15″W / 26.1949837°N 80.1374871°W |
Information | |
Type | Zoned and Magnet Public Secondary |
Motto | Home of the Hurricanes |
School district | Broward County Public Schools |
Superintendent | Dr. Peter B. Licata |
Principal | Anthony Valachovic |
Staff | 75.00 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Number of students | 1,587 (2021–22) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 22.29 [1] |
Color(s) | Red, White and Black |
Athletics | 6A |
Athletics conference | District 10 |
Mascot | Hurricane |
Website | northeast |
Northeast High School is a high school in Oakland Park, Florida. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools district.
Northeast High School is an all magnet school with three specialties: Biotechnology, Latin and Alternative Energy. All students must choose one of the three magnet programs to enroll in, and this determines several courses that the students will take.
It serves: [3] much of Oakland Park, [4] Sea Ranch Lakes, [5] a portion of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, [6] sections of Fort Lauderdale, a portion of Tamarac, [7] and a portion of North Lauderdale east of Florida's Turnpike. [8]
As of the 2021-22 school year, the total student enrollment was 1,587. The ethnic makeup of the school was 18.9% White, 43.9% Hispanic, 33.6% Black, 1.3% Asian, 2.5% Multiracial, 0.8% Native American or Native Alaskan, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. [2]
Northeast High has received FCAT school grades of: [9]
In February 2007, Dr. Sandy Melillo, an English and TV Production teacher at Northeast, was named Broward County's 2008 Teacher of the Year and state finalist. In 2009, she moved to Pompano Beach High School, and retired in 2021 after 48 years of teaching high school. She is now an adjunct English professor at Broward College.
In 2007, Northeast was awarded a GOLDEN SCHOOL AWARD from the State of Florida Commissioner of Education Jeanine Blomberg. This award was given in recognition of the leadership and support rendered to the school volunteer program.
Northeast High School has a myriad of clubs such as:
In 1991, Northeast High School's Air Force JROTC unit, Florida-822, won first place overall at the Florida State Drill Team & Color Guard meet hosted at Patrick Air Force Base led by Cadet Colonel Kevin Croyle (Drill Team Commander) and Cadet Captain John Osorio (Color Guard Commander). Earlier in the same school year, Florida-822 won its first ever first place overall by winning the Lake Worth High School Regional Drill Meet. To finish out the school year the unit went to its first ever national drill meet. The drill team and color guard finished in the top five units in the country of over thirty schools participating.
Other Notable Events:
Northeast High School participates in the following sports: [19]
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