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 parts of the cities of Opa-Locka and Hialeah, Florida. It is one of five high schools serving the densely populated Miami suburb of Hialeah, Florida.
Demographics
Hialeah-Miami Lakes is 70% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% White non-Hispanic, and 3% Asian.
Achievements
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.
Grades
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 2018-2019 school year.
Academics
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 2018-2019 school year are:
Hialeah-Miami Lakes offers over 30 clubs and organizations, including Army JROTC. A message from the activities director, "Activities enrich the curriculum of the school by making available a wide variety of experiences in which a student can participate. Each student has the opportunity to join the many clubs available. However, a student can be a member of only one service club. It is possible for students to request a new club or activity if at least fifteen students show an interest and a faculty sponsor is available. Before a new club can be formed the Director of Student Activities must be consulted."
iPrep
The school has the "iPrep Academy", which receives an entire floor dedicated to the students as well as other classrooms around the school and the students that attend the academy also receive a Mac. iPrep is a magnet academy, exclusive to 100 students that are hand-picked by the school. Students also take FLVS courses on their Macs or in the library.
Athletics
Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School has won multiple Florida state sports championships, including the 1972 and 1973 undefeated Boys Waterpolo State Champions and the 1972 and 1973 undefeated Girls Waterpolo State Champions, the 1975 football state championship, four state championships in baseball, one in boys' soccer, one in boys' golf, one in boys' gymnastics, one in boys' track, one in boys' basketball, and one in girls' soccer, as well as a national baseball championship in 1985. Hialeah-Miami Lakes High was also awarded the Miami Herald All Sport Award for seven seasons as well as the Miami Herald Major Sport Award. Hialeah-Miami Lakes High shares a rivalry with Hialeah High and a less notable one with Barbara Goleman Senior High.
Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Hialeah-Miami Lakes:
M. A. Milam
Bunche Park
John G. Dupuis
Golden Glades
Miami Lakes K-8 center
North Twin Lakes
Nathan B. Young
Palm Lakes
Rainbow Park
Twin Lakes
The following middle schools feed into Hialeah-Miami Lakes:
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