Miami Coral Park High School

Miami Coral Park Senior High School
Location
Westchester, Miami, Florida, USA
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1963
School district	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal	Dr. Nick JacAngelo
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	3,306
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Gold, yellow, white and Navy
Mascot	Rams
Newspaper	The Rampage
Yearbook	Arieon
School hours	7:20 AM to 2:20 PM
Average class size	28
School motto	Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather Than To Seem)
Website	cphs.dadeschools.net

Miami Coral Park Senior High School is a secondary school, located at 8865 S.W. 16th Street in the Westchester neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. The school was opened in 1963. It was the first school with A/C in south Florida. The principal is Dr. Nick JacAngelo. Coral Park has one of the best Engineering and Robotics academies including other subcategory.

For a brief period in the late 1980s up to the late 1990s (1998), the stretch of 16th street on which the school is located was renamed "Jose Canseco Street" after one of the school's most famous alumni. However, after Canseco gained notoriety due to several scandalous episodes, the street returned to its original designation as "Ram Road" when students signed a petition. Part of the street is now named Ram Road/Jose Luis Rodriguez, after a local philanthropist who volunteered at Coral Park and whose son attended the school.

Coral Park's athletic rival was Southwest Miami High School, but the opening of G. Holmes Braddock High School in 1990 brought a new rival for Coral Park.

In 1996 and in 2003, the Miami Coral Park Varsity Cheerleading squad won national championship titles. (Cheerleaders of America in Jacksonville, FL 1996; unknown competition name 2003).

During the summer of 1984, Coral Park's gym was used as the Angel Beach High gym in Porky's Revenge, the third movie of the Porky's series.

Demographics

Miami Coral Park has been a predominantly Hispanic school since the 1980s. As of the 2007–08 school year, ( 90% CUBANAS . )2 % of the school is hispanic from other countries except cuba, 4% is White non-Hispanic, 2% is African American, and 2% is Asian/other. Forty-three percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. Ten percent of the students have disabilities, 9% of the students are gifted, and 13% are not English proficient.^[1]

Alma Mater

Coral Park, we stand beside thee,
Guide our hopes and goals.
Help us gain the knowledge,
We need for future roles.
Filled with love and loyalty,
Your sons and daughters we'll always be.
Live forever in our song,
Alma Mater great and strong.
Coral Park live on forever,
Lift your colors high.
Coral Park forever,
We'll praise her to the sky.

Notable alumni

• Ed Calle, class of 1977: Latin Grammy nominated saxophonist, member of the Miami Saxophone Quartet, leader of the Fuego Caliente Latin Jazz Orchestra, and owner of One-Take Recording Studios
• Rafael Anchia, class of 1986: member Texas House of Representatives District 103
• Steven Bauer, (real name: Rocky Echevarria), class of 1974, actor
• Daniel E. Poldo, class of 1975: U.S.Army Rangers, Special Forces, Green Beret
• José Canseco, class of 1982 (did not graduate): former professional baseball player
• Maria Cardenas, American engineer, and fashion designer
• Elsa Casales (now Elsa Murano), class of 1977: 23rd President of Texas A&M University
• Jessica Collazo (now Jessica Aguirre), class of 1981: TV news anchor
• Lili Estefan, class of 1984: TV talk show host

• Pedro Gomez, class of 1981: TV sports reporter
• Pitbull (rapper) (real name: Armando Christian Perez), rapper^[2]
• Alex Marvez (journalist), class of 1989, Senior NFL writer FoxSports.com
• Larry Milian ("The Amigo"), class of 1986, Sports Radio Talk Show Host
• Luis Montanez class of 2000: Major League baseball player. Selected by Chicago Cubs in first round (3rd overall) of 2000 amateur entry draft, plays for the Orioles.
• Steven Reinemund, class of 1966: former Chairman of the Board and CEO of PepsiCo
• Eric Soderholm, class of 1966: former Major League baseball infielder
• Steve Foucault, class of 1967: former Major League baseball pitcher
• Danny Pino, class of 1993: actor
• Tessie Santiago, class of 1993, actress.
• Pete Gonzalez, class of 1993, NFL Quarterback
• Jerry Shulman, class of 1972, actor

See also

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

References

1. ^ http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/17601
2. ^ Wiltz, Teresa (July 25, 2004). "Hustling to the Beat". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9488-2004Jul23.html. Retrieved August 16, 2009. 

External links

• Miami-Dade County public schools