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| Established | 1990 |
| Type | Public magnet |
| Principal | Dr. Stacey Mancuso |
| Students | 480 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Miami, Florida, USA |
| District | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Colors | Black and White |
| Mascot | Phantoms |
| Hours | 7:40AM – 3:35PM |
| Website | http://dashschool.org/ |
Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) is a magnet secondary school in the heart of the Design District in Miami, Florida. US News & World Report currently ranks DASH as the eighth best high school in the nation, making DASH the top ranked public magnet high school in the nation.[1] DASH is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. The current principal is Dr. Stacey Mancuso, who also teaches AP 3-D Design classes. The school features programs in Architecture/Interior Design, Entertainment Technology, Fashion Design, Industrial Design, and Visual Communications/Web Design. The curriculum includes a strong, four-year foundation in the fine arts, internships with local design firms, and dual-enrollment college-level design courses, such as performance art, taught by professors from local colleges as well as field professionals. Students take 8 courses a year (4 core classes, 2-3 art classes, and 1-2 electives) as opposed to the regular 6-course curriculum in most other Florida high schools. DASH was founded in 1990 by former principal Jacqueline Hinchey-Sipes, who coined the famous school motto "Education by Design". Over the past 15 years DASH has earned a reputation as one of Florida's strongest public high schools, with the school often making Miami-Dade county's highest marks on the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) exam and consistently receiving an assessment grade of A by the state. DASH has been featured in Dwell magazine, Teen People Magazine (Cool School of the Month, May 2000), and the Miami Herald. Newsweek Magazine ranked DASH as the 33rd best public high school in the US in 2005 and the 60th best in 2006. Over 95% of DASH graduates continue on to college, with most students receiving scholarships from many of the nation's top art and design programs. Recently, DASH graduates have also been admitted to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, and Johns Hopkins University. Every year, DASH holds a student-run fashion show in the which the junior and senior fashion students show their collections to the community. In 2004, the school was invited to include its show as part of Miami's Fashion Week of the Americas, the US's largest Latin American fashion event.
Notable Alumni
- Esteban Cortazar - Fashion Designer
- Carisa Perez-Fuentes - Top Design runner-up
- Gabriel E. Ibertis - Designer of the Moffit Building in San Francisco
- Duane Lawrence - Designed Converse sneakers for Dwyane Wade
