Miami Beach Senior High School - History - Recently

Recently

Miami Beach Senior High School did not make AYP in 2006. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Florida in terms of student performance and other accountability measures.

Since the 2006–2007 school year, the school has gone with a block schedule consisting of an A-Day (Odd-1,3,5,7) and B-Day (Even- 2,4,6,8) on alternating school days. It consists of three classes before lunch and one afterwards until 2:30, under Secondary School Reform.

The 2007–2008 school year began with a new principal, Dr. Rosann Sidener who would improve the school's overall grade from a D to a B school in her first year. The school year also saw the move from the old Beach High to the new Beach High in January 2008 with a new library and two new wings (2 and 3).

The 2008–2009 school year was the first year at Miami Beach Sr. High where students wear uniforms. In a 2 to 1 vote by some of the Miami Beach Sr. High students' parents and guardians, the vote was ratified and has come into effect for the 2008–2009 school year. Students were to wear red or white shirts with school logo or nor logo along with any shorts or jeans below the knees. Additionally, the parents and faculty voted to retain the Hi-Tide name and colors over going back to the Typhoons (former name).

Starting the 2009–2010 school year, Miami Beach Senior High will be recognized as a magnet school, becoming the tenth Magnet high school in Miami-Dade. Beach High was selected by the school district to apply for the MSAP grant, which is reserved for schools with high minority populations like Beach High with 70% of its students of Hispanic origin compared to the state average of 25%. The district agreed to sponsor Miami Beach High because there are no other magnet schools in the area and the expected increase of school size to nearly 3,000 students as a result of new construction. Beach High will now be able to receive students beyond its attendance boundaries along with those who live within them.

In August 2009 the school adopted a two-lunch system in order to better stabilize the flow of traffic in a crowded new cafeteria. The first lunch begins at 10:45 and lasts until 11:15 for buildings 1,3,6,& 9. While second lunch begins roughly an hour after first lunch at 12:20 lasting until 12:50 for students in buildings 2 and 7.

In early 2012, Principal Dr. Rosann Sidener won 2012 Principal of the Year handed out by the Florida Association of School Administrators. At 57, Sidener will be eligible to represent the state in the 2013 National Principal of the Year later this year.

In May 2012, the school infamously held their prom next to an XXXotica Porn Convention at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The two events were held side-by-side, separated by a wall and was held at the convention to avoid drinking at hotels. It was the subject of national jokes especially on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! late night show.