Miami Palmetto High School
| Miami Palmetto Senior High School | |
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Pinecrest, Florida United States |
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| Coordinates | 25°39′35″N 80°18′58″W / 25.65967°N 80.31611°WCoordinates: 25°39′35″N 80°18′58″W / 25.65967°N 80.31611°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | September 1958 |
| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Victoria Dobbs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,884 students |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Columbia blue and white |
| Mascot | Panther |
| School hours | 7:20–2:20 |
| Motto |
Vis Per Scientiam Latin for "Strength through knowledge" |
| Assistant Principals | Karina Menendez Tierney Hunter Bridgette Tate, Kristina Garcia |
| Website | www.palmettopanthers.org |
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Vis Per Scientiam
Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a public high school located at 7460 S.W. 118th Street in Pinecrest, Florida. The school is on 23 acres (93,000 m²) in southwest Miami-Dade County, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Miami Norland Senior High is Miami Palmetto's sister school by original blueprints. The school has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Its principal is Victoria Dobbs.
The school serves several areas: Pinecrest,Palmetto Bay, and sections of the Kendall census-designated place.
Miami Palmetto's athletic rivals are Miami Killian High School, Miami Southridge High School and Coral Reef High School. Coral Gables High School and South Dade High School were rivals throughout much of the school's history.
Miami Palmetto was built in 1958. It serves a culturally and socioeconomically diverse population. It is one of two public high schools with a white non-Hispanic plurality in Miami-Dade County, the other being Tracy and Alonzo Mourning High School. Miami Palmetto is the home school for the residents of Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay, West Perrine, and Palmetto Estates. The school enjoys strong support from the municipal governments of the two primary areas zoned to Palmetto Senior, the Village of Pinecrest and the Village of Palmetto Bay. Both provide noteworthy cash or in-kind donations and have active Educational Advisory Compact agreements that facilitate working with MDCPS. Pinecrest gives $10,000 to the school every year, and Palmetto Bay in 2015 sponsored a community-wide 5K Color Run fundraiser benefit. An active PTSA also contributes substantial resources (funding, programming, volunteer manpower). The school is slated for a $29 million renovation, with groundbreaking anticipated in fall 2016. In the school's history a few scandals have surfaced, one in which lacrosse players shared racist remarks through a group chat to later be counseled, and an incident where a student stabbed a classmate and her teacher with scissors. Miami Palmetto is currently participating in a pilot program of AP Capstone.
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