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South Miami Senior High
Magnet Application

Welcome to the South Miami Senior High Magnet School of the Arts Homepage. The South Miami School of the Arts is a total Communications, Performing and Visual Arts program. The five strands are Photography, Music, Visual Media Arts, Visual Fine Arts, and Television Production. Students selected for the program spend two hours per day in their selected strand and spend the rest of the day in their academic and elective classes. South Miami Senior High offers a full program of gifted, advanced academics, honors, electives, extracurricular activities and sports.

 

 

Magnet Department News

  • The Magnet Open House will be on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Our audition date for Visual Fine Art, Digital Art, Photography, And TV Broadcast will be Saturday February 13; Music will audition on Saturday, February 27.


  • Seventeen M-DCPS students were named national Scholastic Art & Writing award winners, among them South Miami Senior High's Laura Garcia. Click here for more information.

  • Our Visual Fine Arts & Visual Media Arts magnet students participated in the 2009 Annual Museum Education Program Exhibition. We would like to congratulate the following students for the outstanding artwork they have produced this school year. For more information click here.
    • 12th grade
      • Jennifer Hernandez (Renay Rossi Award of Excellence)
      • Emily Binnie
      • Max Borgen
      • Laura Garcia
      • Ashley Simpson
    • 11th grade
      • Sasha Bruno
      • Angelica Garzon
      • James Heredia
      • Andrea Ramirez
    • 10th grade
      • Jeremy Garcia
      • Adriana Sibaja
      • Alden Solis
    • 9th grade
      • Karol Diaz
      • Alexa Morales
      • Arialys Pena
  • Magnet Visual Media Arts students participated in the The Art of Visual Storytelling exhibition featuring students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The exhibition is part of the Library System’s 9th Annual Art of Storytelling International Festival highlighting Toronto, Canada and other international cultures in May 2009. Students, parents, and teachers are invited to see the exhibit at the Main Library April 23 – May 27, 2009. Congratulations to the following students for their work that will be on display. More information is available at www.mdpls.org.
    • Quentin Coffy
    • Angelica Garzon
    • Geidy Jimenez
    • Julio Laborde
    • Melissa Martinez
    • Alexandra Morales
    • Nathalie Munoz
    • David Narbecki
    • Andrea Ramirez
    • Leticia Romano

  • Check out SM Cobra TV's exclusive interview with NBC News correspondent Mark Potter. Potter visited the SM Cobra News studios on where he was interviewed by Shihan Fahim for the newscast. For more on Mark Potter click here for his MSNBC profile.

  • MUSIC (Band, Orchestra, & Chorus)- Musical performance opportunities exist in the areas of Band, Orchestra and Chorus. Courses are also offered in Music Theory that seek to enhance student skills. Ensembles include Advanced Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Concert Chorus, Jazz Band, Jazz Vocal and Marching Band.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY - Photography Students will learn the photographic skills needed to create scholarship portfolios. Students will work in many areas of photography such as: Journalism, Studio and Fine Art. Students will work in black and white and learn to work in high-end digital photography using the latest software and equipment.
  • TELEVISION PRODUCTION - Students in Television Production will study the history of television and develop skills in the areas of scripting, production, camera handling, lighting and sound. Students will produce a series of videos such as: commercials, news, public service announcements, and documentaries. Students will also produce films and learn filmmaking techniques using video.
  • VISUAL FINE ARTS (Drawing & Painting)- In the Visual Fine Arts strand students will work in the more traditional areas of the Visual Arts. The emphases will be on painting, drawing and design. Students will produce high quality portfolios for scholarships and Advanced Placement classes.
  • VISUAL MEDIA ARTS (Computer Graphics & Commercial Art)- In the Visual Media Arts strand, students specialize in image processing techniques as they are applied to a variety of communications, design and fine art areas. Students will work in a multitude of media as well as with the latest technology as they produce high quality portfolios for scholarships.