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