South Miami Senior High School

This is an excellent school and excellent teachers with a very good programs go cobras!!!!
—Submitted by a parent

This is an excellent school with a good track record. Go Cobras!!!

My son who now is 23 and graduated from SMSH is about to get his Bachelors Degree from Computer Science at FIU and I have a 15 year old girl that attends to SMSH and she is in 10th grade, the Principal Mr. Bonce has improved the quality of teaching and best of all School Uniformed implemented and is showing the difference in the students thank you Mr. Bonce for your perseverance in making this school a better place to study and allowed the student to make better grades. Also the students will be our future so is very important what they learn in High School.
—Submitted by a parent

I think that SMHS is a good School, i have been a personal experiencie with my daughter which is in Magnet Dance Program.The teachers are great! The only complaint i have is in reference to the personal Office, they always answer the phone in a bad manner and never help parents to resolve a problem. All the time they seem unhappy and with bad mud., it doesn't matter the time of the day. The morning is worst!!!
—Submitted by a parent

I was a student at South Miami and graduated in '06. I was in the gifted, magnet music programs, and took several AP classes. In those three categories, the teachers were excellent, knowledgeable people who took a sincere interest in their students' progress. However, I also took a handful of regular requirement classes with very uninspired teachers. The CAP counselor in particular was terribly uninformed about any issues I had with the college admissions process.
—Submitted by a student

I have a son in S.M.Sr.H.S and he is in the 12th final year and I wished that the conselor were more involve in helping the students for preparation of the SAT test to start qualifying for their college of their choice. I have tried to meet and talk about what could be my involvement to help my son. My son says they every time he goes to see his conselor he gets turned back to his class saying that she/he is busy.
—Submitted by a parent

I was a student at south miami and i graduated in 2006. It was a great school. The teachers cared if you learned and helped you as much as they could. They are many extra curriculum activies. The admistration was helpful and never unfair( at least not to me or anyone I knew). It prepared me well for college..( Better than alot of the students I have met from other high schools). But since my class has left the school (class of 2006) things have changed. There are many new teachers and administrators. So Im not sure how the school is now. What I know is that is was an awesome high school and Im glad I attended it.

My daughter graduated from South Miami in 2004 and we both loved the school, the teacher's and the counselors. My son is now a sophomore at South Miami and he has nothing but good things to say about it. The parents who are putting down the school are probably the ones who throw their kids out of the car in the morning and tell them, 'go and learn'. I have been involved in my children's education all of their school days and it makes a difference. Sure, there are days they just want to stay in bed but they don't. I have taught them that school is their job and they've got to go and do their job if they want the 'big pay-off'!! My oldest recently graduated from MDC with Highest Honors and will begin FIU in the Fall. Get involved,it's your job! They need you!
—Submitted by a parent

I'm very pleased with the education my child is receiving at this school. Teachers are always available and willing to help. The school offers a variety of classes and levels.The music magnet program is excellent.
—Submitted by a parent

Academic programs are very good, there is a fine core group of teachers who care. There are many extracurricular activities and programs. The sports teams are well respected and compete at a very high level.
—Submitted by a parent

Its a very nice school. I study there and is one of the best schools that I been too.
—Submitted by a student

There are a handful of very good teachers who will affect your child ways of thinking and views on the world for the better. They're not the typical teachers who assign bookwork, but the atypical teachers who challenge the students and put to work their thinking and analyzation skills, not their memorization skills.
—Submitted by a parent

Availability of sports and art is very good.They have many differnt activities to keep kids away from trouble.However the quality of their academic programs is very poor . the classes are overcrowded and they focus more on practicing the fCAT Then helping them learn the rudimentary skills needed to apss it. Their staff is also of very low quality, and do not give their kids incentives or patience.
—Submitted by DANIELA, a parent

I recently graduated from South Miami High as a very active member of the studeny body. I can say that this school is one of the better schools in Miami, even though it is not highly recognized as such. Most of the Magnet Programs are excellent, especially the commercial arts, graphic design, and photography programs. The higher level courses are taught by extremely qualified and knowledgeable teachers, especially the Advanced Placement sections. The regular programs are not great and there are many 'slack' teachers teaching to that level. But for the serious student, South Miami is an excellent choice. In dealing with officials: they will help you out if approached the right way.
—Submitted by a student

Hello I am an student at this school and I can say that is one of the best ones in mismi-dade county. I came from cuba a year ago and this year I'm going to be a senior. Cinse I came I become a student at this school and I don't have anything bad to say about it.
—Submitted by carlos campos, a student

This is really a good school, I can say that the teachers are excellent- especially it's foreign language and AP programs.
—Submitted by a parent

This is school is terrible. My child complained about it constantly.
—Submitted by a parent

I am a student in this school and it is like hell in this school it is boring, no field trips, activities or anything. Lunch is horrible. 80% Of the math teachers can't speak good english making learning impossible. All I have to say is please help.
—Submitted by Danilo Obando, a student

Ok school but needs to have more security for students
—Submitted by a parent

If you can, do not send your child to South Miami. There are better schools in the district. While one of the parents claim that the counselor staff is excellent, it is not true; rather the counselors would rather just get their work over with instead of actually helping a child. Handing out a tutoring schedule every nine-weeks to a child that has failed a class does NOT help. As for the principal, trying to institute a prison-like atmosphere, where the students are not allowed to decorate their schools or maintain any sort of school spirit whatsoever, sending students to SCSI for just about any reason (mind you, making them miss a whole day of class for a tiny reason) does not help the matter either. The last time the school was ever enjoyable to attend and was at its peak was under the leadership of the principal before last.
—Submitted by a student