Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School | |
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Address | |
7977 W 12th Ave Hialeah, Florida 33014 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Labor Omnia Vincet (Latin, "Work Conquers All") |
Established | September 1971 |
School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal | Lisa B. Garcia |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,677 |
Average class size | 30 |
Schedule | 7:20 AM to 2:20 PM |
Hours in school day | 7 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Royal blue True orange White |
Mascot |
Trojans |
Nickname | HML |
Website | Home of the Trojans |
Hialeah-Miami Lakes iPrep Academy | |
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Information | |
Type | Magnet |
Established | September 2012 |
School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal | Lisa B. Garcia |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 100 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Orange Royal blue Black |
Mascot | Trojan |
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School is a secondary school operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, located at 7977 West Twelfth Avenue in Hialeah, Florida, United States, on the boundary with the city of Miami Lakes.
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High opened its doors in 1971; the school was built to serve the newly formed community of Miami Lakes, Florida as well as the city of Opa-locka and parts of Hialeah, Florida. It is one of five high schools serving the densely populated Miami suburb of Hialeah, Florida.
Hialeah-Miami Lakes is 70% Hispanic (of any race), 21% Black, 6% White non-Hispanic, and 3% Asian.
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior participates in the Florida High School Mock Trial Competition and the National High School Mock Trial Competition. Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior received Miami-Dade County Championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and placed 2nd in 1995. The school received Florida State Championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, and placed 2nd in 1994. Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior, under the instruction of Walter Gishler and Anthony DeFillippo, received National High School Mock Trial Honors placing 7th in 1991, 5th in 1993 and National Champions in 1992.
In 2006-2007, the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Theatre/Drama Department earned straight superior ratings at the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Representing not only their school but M-DCPS and the entire state of Florida as well, they earned straight superior ratings for the production of From the Mississippi Delta. The Drama program continued its excellence throughout the 2007-2008 school year with its one act interpretation of Beckett's Waiting for Godot which earned an invitation to the prestigious 2009 Edinburgh Theater Festival in Scotland.
Hialeah-Miami Lakes improved from a D in 2011, to a B in 2012, and further improved to an A in 2014. Hialeah-Miami Lakes is now a B school on the 2016-2017 school year.
Lakes offers more Advanced Placement courses in its curriculum than most of the schools in Dade county, numbering a total of 23 AP classes. The AP courses offered for the 2007-2008 school year are: 1. Psychology 2. Macroeconomics 3. Biology 4. Chemistry 5. Environmental Science 6. Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism 7. Calculus (AB & BC) 8. Statistics 9. European History 10. United States History 11. World History 12. English Language 13. English Literature 14. French Language 15. Spanish Language 16. Spanish Literature 17. Human Geography 18. Comparative Government & Politics 19. United States Government & Politics 20. Studio Art 21. Music Theory