Homestead High School (Homestead, Florida)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Homestead Senior High School

district = Miami-Dade County Public Schools
principal = Kerri A. Maysonet
type = Public
established = September 1979
city = Homestead
state = Florida
country = USA
enrollment = 2,181
grades = 9–12
campus = Suburban
mascot = Bronco
colors = Navy Blue & Orange
free_label_1 = School hours
free_1 = 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
free_label_2 = Average class size
free_2 = 17
picture =
website = [http://homesteadhigh.dadeschools.net/ homesteadhigh.dadeschools.net]

Homestead High School is a secondary school located at 2351 SE 12 Avenue in Homestead, Florida. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. The principal is Kerri A. Maysonet.

Homestead High School is one of two high schools serving a community that includes most of the city of Homestead, Florida City, Leisure City, the homeless shelter housed at the Homestead Air Force Reserve Base, and the South Dade Labor Camps. The high school offers magnet programs including the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Aviation/Aerospace/Travel and Tourism, an Environmental Horticulture Science and Services program, and a Health Science Education program (one of only three such programs in the state that lead to a Certification in Practical Nursing).

Homestead Senior High School is home to a Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) programs in the state, and an Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC), as well as sports teams and organizations. There are approximately 1500 students participating in extracurricular activities in six service clubs, seven honor societies, eleven curriculum clubs, sixteen special interest clubs, and four class clubs. It is also the southernmost high school in the county.

Homestead's athletic rival is South Dade High School.

Notable alumini

*Micheal Barrow, professional football player (Houston Oilers, NY Giants, Carolina Panthers)
*Eric Foster, all-American defensive lineman for the Rutgers University football team
*Bobby McCray, professional football player (Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints)

History

In 1992 Homestead High School was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew, forcing the school to delay opening for the 1992-1993 school year by two weeks. Most of the families in the surrounding community decided to leave after the hurricane, but a few stayed living in tents, mobile homes, or shared accommodation in other parts of the county. Those students still living in the area were forced to attend other schools in the district that were at times, ten to fifteen miles away.

The damage done to Homestead High School was not significant enough for it to have been demolished. Within a year of the disaster, Homestead High School and nearby South Dade High School (also devastated by Andrew) opened their doors to the still devastated areas welcoming students whose families had not left the area. Since the hurricane, the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic mix of the community and school has changed mainly due to the building of low income housing in the areas where middle class homes used to be located.

Alma Mater

"We all honor Homestead
"Ever we are proud
"Each day we are seeking
"The knowledge you endow
"You give us spirit
"Which will never fail
"Our alma mater
"Homestead High all hail"

Homestead Senior has three student-run journalism programs, the yearbook, Arieon, the monthly newspaper, Bronco Beat, and the TV Production program, Bronco TV (BTV).

ee also

*Miami-Dade County Public Schools
*High school
*Education in the United States

External links

* [http://www.dadeschools.net/ Miami-Dade County Public Schools]
* [http://hshs2.dadeschools.net/ Homestead homepage]