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Hialeah High School

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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Heriberto Sanchez

Mascot
  
Thoroughbred

Colors
  
Scarlet, Royal blue

Established
  
September 1954

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 305-822-1500

Motto
  
To Seek, To Find, To Share

School district
  
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Address
  
251 E 47th St, Hialeah, FL 33013, USA

District
  
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Hialeah High School is a public high school located at 251 E 47th Street in Hialeah, Florida, United States.

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History

Hialeah High opened in September 1954.

In April 2012, Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, awarded Natalie Antunez the $250,000 Leonore Annenberg Scholarship Fund.

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.

Demographics

Hialeah High is 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% White non-Hispanic. The school has a high proportion of foreign-born students, with 57.8% students born outside of the United States (50.1% Cuba, 4.4% Nicaragua, 2.0% Panama).

Athletics

In 2013, Alin Edouard, the quarterback of the school's football team, decommitted from the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Accolades

  • Baseball: won the State Title in 1969, 2001, and 2002

    • Band

  • 1964: the Marching Thoroughbred Band played in the Florida Pavilion at the New York World's Fair
  • 1968-69: featured band at U of Fla homecoming halftime show; escorted Queen's Float in Orange Bowl Parade; featured band at Super Bowl 3 (Colts vs Jets) halftime show; a top ten national marching band in the Disney Band Competition
  • 2011: Florida Marching Band Competition 1A State Champions
  • 2014: Florida Marching Band Competition 1A State Champions
  • 2015: Florida Marching Band Competition 1A State Champions

    • Choral

    The TBS (T-Bred Singers) have placed first in The Miracle Mile Caroling Competition's show choir category for the past 29 years, since it began.

    Notable alumni

  • Harry Wayne Casey, singer/songwriter/producer, founder of KC and the Sunshine Band
  • Paris Cotton, football player
  • Bucky Dent, former professional baseball player for the New York Yankees, 1978 World Series MVP
  • Alin Edouard, quarterback for the Syracuse Orange
  • George Enright, former professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
  • Gio Gonzalez, baseball player for the Washington Nationals
  • Kathleen Fuentes AKA KathleenLights Popular Youtube Star
  • Ted Hendricks, former NFL Hall of Fame linebacker for the Baltimore Colts, Green Bay Packers, and Oakland/LA Raiders, 4 Super Bowl wins
  • Charlie Hough, former professional baseball player
  • Ross Jones, former professional baseball player for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals
  • Shawn Jones (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Corey Lemonier, NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
  • Corey Liuget, NFL lineman for the San Diego Chargers, selected in the 1st round of the 2011 NFL Draft
  • Adewale Ojomo, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants
  • George Ortuzar, actor/comedian/television host
  • Roell Preston, former professional football player
  • Jon Secada, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
  • Alan Wiggins, former professional baseball player
  • Pedro Zamora, HIV/AIDS educator; The Real World: San Francisco television personality

    • Nestor Cortes minor league baseball player for the New York Yankees

    References

    Hialeah High School Wikipedia
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