MAST Medical @ Homestead | |
Motto: | Striving to Inspire, Explore, and Innovate |
Type: | Public magnet |
Grades: | 9-12 |
District: | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Established: | August 2010 |
Address: | 1220 NW 1st AVE |
City: | Homestead |
State: | Florida |
Zipcode: | 33030 |
Country: | United States |
Staff: | 29.00 (FTE) |
Enrollment: | 737 (2023–24)[1] |
Ratio: | 23:1 |
Free Label 1: | School grade |
Nickname: | Saber Tooth Tigers AKA Sabers |
Mascot: | Sammy |
Colors: | Blue, White, and Red |
Principal: | Jean-Rachelle Lefranc Baril |
Yearbook: | Medical Academy for Science and Technology Caduceus (2010-present) |
Newspaper: | The Caduceus Times (2019-present, "Think Once Think Twice, Think The Caduceus Times) |
Free Label 2: | School Hours |
Free 2: | 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM (normal schedule), 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM (half-days) |
Website: | MAST Medical @ Homestead |
Medical Academy for Science and Technology, also referred to as MAST Academy @ Homestead,[2] is a secondary magnet school located in Homestead, Florida.[3] It opened for the 2010–2011 school year as a few classrooms in Campbell Middle School (renamed Center For International Education: A Cambridge Associate School in 2014), then moved into the then-closed Homestead Medical Hospital in 2011.[4]
The school's former and founding principal was Gregory Zawyer. Its current principal is Jean-Rachelle Lefranc Baril taking the position in 2022.
Acceptance at MAST Academy @ Homestead is done via random selection process, along with a prerequisite of taking Algebra in 8th grade from a local middle school. The school provides classes for students who are interested in becoming a part of the medical field, and the basic category of classes are Honors classes.