Piper High School is a public high school

High school

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 located in Sunrise, Florida

Sunrise, Florida

-Overview:Sunrise is a city in southwestern Broward County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated in 1961 by Norman Johnson – a developer whose World Famous Upside-Down House attracted buyers to what was then a remote area...

, one of the nation's fastest growing cities. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools

Broward County Public Schools

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 district.

The schools current principal is Enid Valdez and it serves over 2,700 students grades 9 through 12. The athletic teams are known as the Bengals. Piper has an FCAT

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test

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 school grade of "C" for the 2009-2010 academic year. Piper's school grade for 2010-2011 will be released in Nov or Dec 2011

Demographics

As of 2011, the total student enrollment was 2667. The ethnic makeup

Ethnic group

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 of the school was 21% White

White people

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, 55% Black

Black people

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, 17% Hispanic

Hispanic

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, 4% Asian

Asian people

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 or Pacific Islander

Pacific Islander

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, 2% Multiracial

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, and 1% Native American

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 or Native Alaskan.

Notable alumni

• Aaron Bass, Prominent Attorney
• Jessicka Addams, Singer, Artist
• Bennie Blades
  Bennie Blades
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  , NFL defensive back
• Brian Blades
  Brian Blades
  Brian Keith Blades is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League.Blades graduated from Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida in 1983....
  
  , NFL wide receiver
• Shannon Spake
  Shannon Spake
  Shannon Spake is a NASCAR correspondent for ESPN. Spake contributes to both NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now, and occasionally appears on SportsCenter to give pre and post-race reports...
  
  , ESPN NASCAR
  NASCAR
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   reporter.
• Omar Wilson
  Omar Wilson
  Omar Rahsaan Wilson is an American R&B artist from Norwalk, Connecticut. He has been performing since the age of six, where his solo performances at Norwalk’s Calvary Baptist Church brought response from the audience. “When I sang solo gospel numbers, I would see the adults in the audience crying,...
  
  , Class Clown
• Quadtrine Hill
  Quadtrine Hill
  Quadtrine Victavian Hill is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at the University of Miami.-High school career:Hill was an All-State tailback at Piper High School...
  
  , University of Miami football, signed by Houston Texans
  Houston Texans
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• Michael Irvin
  Michael Irvin
  Michael Jerome Irvin is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN's NFL Countdown and currently an analyst for NFL Network. Irvin was self-nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his...
  
  , NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver; only spent first 2 years of High School at Piper
• Daniel Franzese
  Daniel Franzese
  Daniel Franzese is an American actor. He has worked in film, TV and theater.Franzese was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, the son of Denise and Ralph "R. J." Franzese, a lounge singer...
  
  , Actor
• Brittany Ladolcetta, Makeup Artist
• Kenneth Fuchs
  Kenneth Fuchs
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  , Composer
• Carl J Germain, Producer, Film Maker, Entrepreneur
• Bobby Lee Harden, NFL defensive back
• Robert Voegeli, Musician
• Layne Polakoff, Educator
• BJ Forman, Broadway and Broadway tour Stage Manager

Notable Attendees

• Michael Irvin
  Michael Irvin
  Michael Jerome Irvin is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN's NFL Countdown and currently an analyst for NFL Network. Irvin was self-nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his...
  
   (NFL Player)
• LauRen Merola
  LauRen Merola
  LauRen Merola is a model and beauty queen from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.Merola competed in her first Miss Universe Organization pageant in 1998 when she was a semi-finalist at Miss Florida Teen USA 1999...
  
   (model and beauty queen)
• louis g ricciochef )

External links

• Piper High School (official site)