Hialeah High School

Hialeah High School
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Address
251 E. 47th Street Hialeah, Florida United States
Coordinates	25°51′56″N 80°16′33″W / 25.86569°N 80.27581°WCoordinates: 25°51′56″N 80°16′33″W / 25.86569°N 80.27581°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	September 1954
School district	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal	Heriberto Sanchez[1][2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,874
Color(s)	Scarlet      Royal Blue
Team name	Thoroughbreds
Newspaper	The Record
Yearbook	Hiways
School grade	B (as of 2011-2012)
School hours	7:20 AM to 2:20 PM
Website	hialeahhigh.org

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

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.^[3]

In January 2013, Manuel Cruz, an English teacher at the school, was arrested for punching a 17-year-old girl he was having an affair with.^[4]

In early 2013, a video was posted featuring how the school had looked in 1988.^[5]

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.

School Year	Grade[6]
1998-99	C
1999-00	C
2000-01	D
2001-02	C
2002-03	D
2003-04	D
2004-05	C
2005-06	C
2006-07	F
2007-08	C
2008-09	D
2009-10	C
2010-11	C
2011-12	B
2012-13	B

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.^[7]

Accolades

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

Extracurricular accomplishments

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
• 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 25 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^[8][9]
• Alin Edouard, quarterback for the Syracuse Orange
• George Enright, former professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox^[10]
• Gio Gonzalez, baseball player for the Washington Nationals
• Gilbert "Miami" Perez, entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Ted Hendricks, former NFL Hall of Fame linebacker for the Baltimore Colts, Green Bay Packers, and Oakland/LA Raiders, 4 Super Bowl wins^[11]
• Charlie Hough, former professional baseball player^[12]
• Ross Jones, former professional baseball player for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals^[13]
• Corey Lemonier, NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers^[14]
• Corey Liuget, NFL lineman for the San Diego Chargers, selected in the 1st round of the 2011 NFL Draft^[15]
• Adewale Ojomo, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants^[16]
• George Ortuzar, actor/comedian/television host
• Roell Preston, former professional football player^[17]
• Jon Secada, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
• Alan Wiggins, former professional baseball player^[18]
• Pedro Zamora, HIV/AIDS educator; The Real World: San Francisco television personality

References

1. Sanchez, Heriberto. "Principal Message". Hialeah High. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
2. "Meet the New Principal". Hialeah High. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
3. Natalia Zea (April 5, 2012). "Hialeah High Junior Receives $250,000 Surprise". CBS Miami. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
4. "Manuel Cruz, Hialeah High Teacher, Punched Teen When She Refused To Have Sex With Him, Cops Say". Huffington Post. January 24, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
5. C Cruz (February 7, 2013). "Driving by Hialeah High School - January 1988". YouTube. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
6. "Hialeah Senior High School 2013 Grade". Ledger Data. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
7. Manny Navarro; Susan Miller Degnan (September 1, 2013). "UM 2014 quarterback commit Alin Edouard of Hialeah High decommits -- wasn't feeling the love". Eye on the U. Miami Herald. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
8. "1978 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (100-63) over Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67)". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
9. "Bucky Dent". Baseball-Reference. Sports References, LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
10. "George Enright". Baseball-Reference. Sports References, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
11. "Ted Hendricks". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
12. "Charlie Hough". Baseball-Reference. Sports References, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
13. "Ross Jones". Baseball-Reference. Sports References, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
14. "Corey Lemonier". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
15. "Corey Liuget". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
16. "Adewale Ojomo". National Football League. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
17. "Roell Preston". databaseFootball. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
18. "Alan Wiggins". Baseball-Reference. Sports References, LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2014.

External links

• Hialeah High School
• Miami-Dade County public schools
• Hialeah High School's information
• Hialeah High baseball
• The Hialeah High Record paper online
• Golden Thoroughbreds
• Alumni class lists