Miami Senior High School
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2450 SW 1st Street Miami, Florida 33135 United States |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Non verbis sed operis (Not by words, but deeds) |
| Established | 1902 |
| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Benny Valdés |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,424 |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Mascot | "Whippy" the Stingaree 
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| Yearbook | The Miahi |
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| Coordinates | 25°46′16″N 80°14′10″W / 25.7711°N 80.2360°WCoordinates: 25°46′16″N 80°14′10″W / 25.7711°N 80.2360°W |
| Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Kiehnel and Elliott |
| Architectural style | Late 19th- and 20th-century revivals,Mediterranean Revival with Moorish elements |
| NRHP Reference # | 90000881 |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 1990 |
Miami Senior High School is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, United States, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Founded in 1903, it is the oldest high school in Miami-Dade County. The school building is famous for its architecture and is a historic landmark. Miami Senior High School has a rich alumni base, with many graduates of the high school going on to varied, prominent careers. The high school originally served the earliest settling families of Miami in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1960s, with an increase in Miami's population, its student body grew at a fast pace.
Miami Senior High School was established in 1902 and was the first high school in Miami-Dade County. Originally, high school classes took place in Miami's first schoolhouse, a two-story frame structure that was built in 1898 on what is now NE 1st Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets. This building, considered temporary, was a one-story frame bungalow addition built directly behind the existing schoolhouse. It opened its doors on September 18, 1905, with 29 girls and 20 boys in attendance.
In 1909, the school board decided to build a new schoolhouse to again house all grammar and high school students together. In 1911, a new three-story concrete schoolhouse opened its doors. The original one-story high school building was moved to SW 12th Street and 1st Avenue, repainted, and opened as the Southside Elementary School. After a new Southside Elementary School was constructed in 1914, the original high school building fell into decades of neglect, operating as a boarding house for 90 years. It was "discovered" in 1983 by a local historian and, in January 2003, was moved to its current location in Southside Park, where it has since been renovated and opened as a community center.
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