Westland Hialeah High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Westland Hialeah High School

district = Miami-Dade County Public Schools
principal = Dr. Alberto Rodriguez
type = Public secondary
established = August 2007; Opened January 7, 2008
city = Hialeah
state = Florida
country = USA
enrollment = 1,249
grades = 9–11
campus = Suburban
mascot = Wildcat
colors = Black and White
free_label_1 = School hours
free_1 = 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM
free_label_2 = Average class size
free_2 = 27 students
picture =
website = [http://westland.dadeschools.net/ westland.dadeschools.net]

Westland Hialeah High School is a secondary school located at 4000 West 18th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida,USA.

The school is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school's principal is Dr. Alberto Rodriguez.

The school, fifth to serve the Miami suburb of Hialeah, was built as a reliever for the four overcrowded high schools serving the area and opened in August of 2007, taking the entire southwestern portion of the city in boundaries which are mostly served by Miami Springs and Hialeah-Miami Lakes High Schools. The campus has ninth through eleventh grade students. Its first graduating class will be the class of 2010.

School uniforms

The school requires its students to wear uniforms. The uniform is a white or black polo shirt with the school logo, and black or khaki pants.

Academics

The State's Accountability program, grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs.

2007-2008: C (439 Points)

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.dadeschools.net/ Miami-Dade County public schools]
* [http://westland.dadeschools.net/ Westland Hialeah High School website]
* [http://www2.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_details.asp?id=7049/ Miami-Dade Schools information on Westland Hialeah High School]
* [http://miamisprings.dadeschools.net/Media/WWW%20Recomd%20Form.pdf/ Boundary redefinition article for the city of Hialeah upon opening of Westland Hialeah High School]