Southwest Miami Senior High School | |
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Address | |
8855 SW 50th Terrace , 33165 United States | |
Coordinates | 25°43′21″N80°20′18″W / 25.72246°N 80.33839°W |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
Established | 1956 |
School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal | Jorge M. Bulnes (Mr. B) [1] |
Teaching staff | 102.00 (FTE) [2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,415 (2022–23) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 23.68 [2] |
Hours in school day | 7 (7:20 AM to 2:20 PM) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Purple and White |
Mascot | Eagle |
Yearbook | Aquila |
Website | www |
Southwest Miami Senior High School (colloquially known as simply "Southwest"), is a co-educational secondary school in Olympia Heights, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. [3] [4] Southwest is currently an 'A' school [5] and of the more than 30 public schools that are neither all magnet schools nor charter schools, Southwest is ranked second best in Miami-Dade county by U.S. News & World Report . [6]
Southwest Miami High School was founded in September 1956 as Southwest Miami Junior Senior High School. The school was built to alleviate overcrowding at neighboring Coral Gables Senior High School. Featuring grades 7–10, it was eventually converted to a high school in 1959 upon graduating its first senior class.
Southwest's athletic rival is Miami Coral Park Senior High School.
Southwest Miami High School is 95% Hispanic, 4% White and 1% other. [7]
The student newspaper was the Lancer, the yearbook is Aquila (Latin for "eagle"), and TV production students are responsible for the morning announcements.
The Royal Lancer marching band performs in the first and last football games of the season, usually being the rival and homecoming games. The Illusion dancers and the Southwest Thespians perform throughout the school year.
Southwest has a rich history in athletics. By the time the first graduating class (1959) donned their caps and gowns, the Eagles had already won state championships in boys' basketball and boys' track. On May 7, 1964, Southwest became the first Dade County white school to face a black school in a sport other than track when it took on George Washington Carver Senior High School in baseball. The Florida High School Athletic Association began sponsoring state championships in boys' volleyball in 2003 and, in the first eight years of the state tournament, the Eagles took home two state championships. [8]
In 2010, alumnus Andre Dawson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. [9] The baseball field at Southwest is named in his honor.
Girls' cross country (individual) 1976: Katherine Moore - 1.5 miles |
Boys' swimming (individual): 1965: Michael W. Sheeler - 100 yard breaststroke, Michael W. Sheeler - 200 yard medley, 1966: Michael W. Sheeler - 200 yard medley, 1969: Gregory Gibble - 50 yard freestyle, Gregory Gibble - 100 yard freestyle |
Girls swimming (individual): 1964 Linda Sheeler - 500 yard freestyle, 1965 Linda Sheeler - 200 yard freestyle, Linda Sheeler - 500 yard freestyle, 1978 Julie Olson - one meter diving |
Boys' basketball: 1959 |
Boys' bowling: 1977 Stanley Kodish Bowler of the Year |
Wrestling (individual): 1965: Jim Hammack - 185 lbs, 1970: Mike Williams - 145 lbs, 1971: John Williams - 167 lbs, 1972: Charles Mack - 135 lbs, Robert Horback - 155 lbs, 1974: Bob DeMarco - 112 lbs, 1976: Luis Alvarez - 135 lbs, 1988: Ivan Huergo - 145 lbs, 1989: Joel Mendez - 119 lbs, Gus Hernandez - 130 lbs, 1996: Wesley Woodrome - 140 lbs, 2005: Denys Ribot - 152 lbs, 2012: Yoanse Mejia - 145 lbs, 2013: Nosomy Poso - 132 lbs, 2014: Franco Valdes - 120 lbs, 2017: Angel Del Cueto - 170 lbs, 2018: Alexis Urquiza - 138 lbs, 2019: Julian Hernandez - 145 lbs, 2022: Gabriel Tellez - 106 lbs |
Boys' volleyball: 2003, 2008, 2023 |
Softball: 2004 |
Boys' track (team): 1959, 1971 |
Boys' track (individual): 1959: John DeCosta - 120 yard high hurdles, John DeCosta - 180 yard low hurdles, Paul Skeans - discus, 1960: Richard Dobbs - discus, 1961: Ron Pascarella - discus, 1962: Ron Pascarella - discus |
Girls' track (individual): 1977: Katherine Moore - one mile run, Katherine Moore - two mile run, 1988: Barbara Ortiz - two mile run |
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