Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Sr. High Biscayne Bay Campus is a secondary school in North Miami, Florida, United States which opened August 2009, located two blocks north of Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. It was built to relieve overcrowding at three nearby high schools. The school is named after Alonzo Mourning, former player for the Miami Heat NBA basketball team, and his ex-wife Tracy.

The school serves all or portions of the cities of North Miami, North Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, and Golden Beach."Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High ." Mourning Family Foundation. Retrieved on July 23, 2016.

History In 2009, the MDCPS school board voted for the name of the school, considering the Mournings and former Attorney General of the United States Janet Reno.Teproff, Carli. "Mournings see their school." Miami Herald. Friday August 21, 2009. P. 38. clipping from Newspapers.com The school was named after the Mournings due to their assistance to the area schools; some members of the Cuban community in Miami disliked Reno as they disagreed with her handling of the Elian Gonzalez case."Committee chooses to honor Mourning." Associated Press at ESPN. June 18, 2009. Retrieved on July 23, 2016. Also at BET.

When the school opened, it relieved Krop High School, North Miami High School, and North Miami Beach High School.". Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus. Retrieved on May 6, 2012. Its first graduation ceremony was held June 2012.

It was scheduled to open on Monday August 24, 2009. Initially it was to have about 600 students in grades 9 and 10 with grades 11 and 12 being phased in over the following two years, and 36 teachers. Sally Alayon was the school's first principal. The student population was planned to be around 1,600 in all. The Mournings visited during the first day of school dressed wearing the Mourning school uniform shirt. - Clipping of first and of second page.

Several residents of Aventura were unhappy that Aventura was not zoned to Mourning. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

Campus The building is four stories tall.

Curriculum In 2009, the head of the school's English department, Melissa Keller, stated that Mourning's book, Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph, would be a part of the curriculum. It has not been a part of the curriculum in recent years. In 2018, ATM Social Studies Department instructor Molly Diallo was named the M-DCPS Teacher of the Year.

School uniforms Students are required to wear uniforms"Mandatory Uniform policy ." Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus. Retrieved on September 28, 2009. consisting of a polo with the school crest, and khakis or jeans.

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Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus