School for Advanced Studies
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The School for Advanced Studies (SAS) is a SACS accredited dual-enrollment secondary school
in Miami, Florida
. It is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools
System and is situated at four campuses of Miami Dade College
. These four campuses are: the Kendall campus, North Campus, Wolfson Campus, and Homestead campus.
SAS is designed for motivated and academically talented 11th and 12th grade students whose needs are not met in the traditional high school setting. The school is not a magnet school. Student selection is based solely on the order of application among students who meet the basic requirements for admission. Students apply from all senior high schools in the district and numerous private and parochial schools. Additionally, many home-schooled students choose SAS to complete their secondary studies and begin the transition to college.
Each semester, students are enrolled in a minimum of three (3) college dual-enrollment courses, taught by MDC faculty, and four (4) high school courses, taught by M-DCPS faculty. This opportunity for acceleration and enrichment enhances the student population of both SAS and MDC with bright, eager minds. The SAS total student population cannot exceed 500 students, with 200 at the Kendall Campus, 100 at the North Campus (Founding campus 1988-1989), 100 at the Wolfson Campus, and 100 at the Homestead Campus (Newest Campus 2007).
The school population reflects the religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the community. Students and faculty are supported by parental and community involvement. The school prides itself on its family-like environment, small school setting, and its focus on the humanities and a traditional education. The small high school environment affords the opportunity for individual student tutoring, counseling, and mentoring by faculty and staff. The environment provides a uniquely supportive transition between secondary and post-secondary education.
Founding faculty (1988–1989) of the School for Advanced Studies includes Charles Houghton, school site administrator, Lilliam Bez, and Mamo Powers.
Class of 2011 Accomplishments
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Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
. It is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and the fourth largest in the United States, with a student enrollment of 380,006 as of July 5, 2010...
System and is situated at four campuses of Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College, or simply Miami Dade or MDC, is a state college with eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers located throughout Miami-Dade County, Florida in the United States. It is part of the Florida College System. Miami Dade College is the largest school in the Florida College...
. These four campuses are: the Kendall campus, North Campus, Wolfson Campus, and Homestead campus.
About the school
School for Advanced Studies (SAS) is a combined effort of Miami-Dade College (MDC) and Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) initiated in the 1988-89 school year. The School for Advanced Studies is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Students admitted to the school receive free tuition and fees, free textbooks and materials, and, if eligible, school bus and metro-rail transportation funded by MDCPS. One hundred percent (100%) of the students graduate and continue their academic studies at colleges and universities in Florida, throughout the nation, or at foreign universities.SAS is designed for motivated and academically talented 11th and 12th grade students whose needs are not met in the traditional high school setting. The school is not a magnet school. Student selection is based solely on the order of application among students who meet the basic requirements for admission. Students apply from all senior high schools in the district and numerous private and parochial schools. Additionally, many home-schooled students choose SAS to complete their secondary studies and begin the transition to college.
Each semester, students are enrolled in a minimum of three (3) college dual-enrollment courses, taught by MDC faculty, and four (4) high school courses, taught by M-DCPS faculty. This opportunity for acceleration and enrichment enhances the student population of both SAS and MDC with bright, eager minds. The SAS total student population cannot exceed 500 students, with 200 at the Kendall Campus, 100 at the North Campus (Founding campus 1988-1989), 100 at the Wolfson Campus, and 100 at the Homestead Campus (Newest Campus 2007).
The school population reflects the religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the community. Students and faculty are supported by parental and community involvement. The school prides itself on its family-like environment, small school setting, and its focus on the humanities and a traditional education. The small high school environment affords the opportunity for individual student tutoring, counseling, and mentoring by faculty and staff. The environment provides a uniquely supportive transition between secondary and post-secondary education.
Founding faculty (1988–1989) of the School for Advanced Studies includes Charles Houghton, school site administrator, Lilliam Bez, and Mamo Powers.
Organizations
The following organizations are active at the school:- Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
- Appreciation Of the Fine Arts Club
- ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
- Earth Club
- FBLA
- Interact
- Math Club
- Mu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
- Mock TrialMock trialA Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
- Model UN
- Moot CourtMoot courtA moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term derives from Anglo Saxon times, when a moot was a gathering of prominent men in a...
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- English Honor Society
- SADD
- SAeSense, the national award-winning literary magazineLiterary magazineA literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
- Salsa Club
- Speech and Debate Team
- Sports Club
- Student Government
- Tiger Times, School Newspaper
- The Creative Writing Club
- Young RepublicansYoung RepublicansThe Young Republicans is an organization for members of the Republican Party of the United States between the ages of 18 and 40. It has both a national organization and chapters in individual states....
- Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program
- YearbookYearbookA yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
Awards and honors
- School for Advanced Studies (Kendall Campus) was the State Champion of the Florida Law Related Education AssociationFlorida Law Related Education AssociationThe Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc. is a private corporation classified as a non-profit organization under the 501 section of the United States Internal Revenue Code...
Florida High School Appellate Law (Moot CourtMoot courtA moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term derives from Anglo Saxon times, when a moot was a gathering of prominent men in a...
) Competition in 2011. - Secretary General's Award for Model United Nations in 2008 and 2011 for the Miami Global ClassroomsGlobal ClassroomsGlobal Classrooms is a U.S. based global education program, belonging to the United Nations Association of the United States of America , that engages middle school and high school students in an exploration of current world issues through Model United Nations, wherein students step into shoes of...
Competition (Kendall Campus). - Placed Top 4 in Miami-Dade County for the Florida Law Related Education AssociationFlorida Law Related Education AssociationThe Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc. is a private corporation classified as a non-profit organization under the 501 section of the United States Internal Revenue Code...
Mock Trial Competition in 2011 (Kendall Campus). - Ranked #1 in the world in Advanced Placement English Literature by the College BoardCollege BoardThe College Board is a membership association in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It is composed of more than 5,900 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. It sells standardized tests used by academically oriented...
. - Highest average scores for SATSATThe SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
Math and Verbal in Miami-Dade County. - Earned #4 highest scores for in the state for FCATFlorida Comprehensive Assessment TestThe Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT , is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida...
Science and #1 in Miami-Dade County - Highest school attendance in Miami-Dade County (2011 - Senior High Schools).
- Ranked #15 out of 30,000+ public senior high schools in the U.S. by NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
in 2009. - Ranked #46 out of 30,000+ public senior high schools in the U.S. by NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
in 2010, 10th best out of all Florida schools on the list. - Ranked #28 out of 30,000+ public senior high schools in the U.S. by NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
in 2011, 4th best out of all Florida schools on the list. - Ranked #27 Best High School in the U.S. - 2011 Washington Post High School Challenge
Class of 2011 Accomplishments
- 94% qualified for Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
- 243 graduating seniors were offered $12.5 million in scholarships
- 5 POSSE Award Recipients
- 2 QuestBridge Scholars
- 1 Gates Millennium Scholar
- 13 Advanced Placement Scholars with Distinction
- 15 Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor
- 52 Advanced Placement Scholars
- 3 National Merit Finalists
- 3 National Achievement Finalists
- 3 National Hispanic Finalists
- 139 graduates earned the Superintendent's Diploma of Distinction
- 94 earned an Associate of Arts degree from Miami Dade College
- 97% graduated Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, or Cum Laude
- Members of the Graduating Class of 2011 have received acceptance letters from 35 of the top 50 universities in the United States
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