Editing Sunny Isles Beach, Florida (section)

==Education==
Sunny Isles Beach is within the [[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]] system.

All residents are zoned to [[Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8|Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K–8]] for elementary and K–8.<ref name=Edelcupzone>{{cite web|url=http://www.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_boundaries.asp?id=0092|title=NORMAN S. EDELCUP/SUNNY ISLES BEACH K-8 Boundary Description|publisher=[[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]]|accessdate=2021-06-28}}</ref>

Prior to August 2008 residents were zoned to an elementary school as follows:<ref name=BoydBarrett>{{cite news|last=Boyd-Barret|first=Claudia|title=K-8 center will ease overcrowding at schools|newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]]|date=2007-02-04|pages=8, 46}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80457400/for-sunny-isles-beach-fl/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80457487/for-sunny-isles-beach/ of second page from] [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>
*Ruth K. Broad/[[Bay Harbor Island|Bay Harbor]] Elementary School for residents south of 172nd Street
*[[Ojus, Florida|Ojus]] Elementary School for residents north of 172nd Street and south of 183rd Street
*Highland Oaks Elementary School for residents north of 183rd Street

The [[Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8|Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K–8]], with four stories, is currently educating students from kindergarten through 8th grade from all of Sunny Isles Beach and [[Golden Beach, Florida|Golden Beach]] as well as the [[Eastern Shores, Florida|Eastern Shores]] neighborhood of [[North Miami Beach]]. The school can hold up to 1,600 students. The school opened in August 2008 as a K–6, with grades 7 and 8 introduced in the subsequent two school years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Amerikaner|first=Andres|title=Word of new school greeted with zeal|newspaper=[[Miami Herald]]|date=2008-02-10|page=36}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80458571/for-sunny-isles-beach/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> The school has or is currently participating{{when|date=June 2021}} in: [[Accelerated Reader]], VMath Live, mock elections, book drives, toy drives, etc. The school has state of the art technology that includes [[Smart Board]]s and surround sound microphones for both teachers and students. The school has Intracoastal and ocean views from almost every classroom on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Sunny Isles Beach spent $12.5 million so the school district could buy the land. The anticipated 2008 enrollment of city residents in the school was about 900.<ref name=BoydBarrett/> It was originally known as Sunny Isles Beach Community School, but in 2011 a proposal came in to rename it after Mayor Norman S. Edelcup.<ref>{{cite news|last=Duque|first=Pamela|title=City's public school may be renamed|newspaper=[[Miami Herald]]|date=2011-02-17|page=6NE}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80459538/for-sunny-isles-beach/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>

[[File:Sunny Isles Beach K-8 School.JPG|thumb|[[Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8|Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K–8]] in Sunny Isles Beach]]

Residents who want a standard comprehensive middle school instead of a K–8 may choose to enroll at a separate middle school,<ref name=Edelcupzone/> [[Highland Oaks Middle School]] in an [[unincorporated area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_boundaries.asp?id=6241 |title=HIGHLAND OAKS MS Boundary Description |work=[[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]] |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> 

[[Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus]], which opened in 2009 in North Miami, is one senior high school serving residents of Sunny Isles Beach.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.dadeschools.net/schools/schoolinformation/school_boundaries.asp?id=7048 |date=2009–2010 |title=ALONZO AND TRACY MOURNING SENIOR HIGH BISCAYNE BAY Boundary Description |work=[[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]] |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> [[Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School]] also serves Sunny Isles Beach. Sunny Isles Beach lists both Krop and Mourning as Senior High Schools on its Education website.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sibfl.gov/Resident-Services/Schools-and-Education |work=City of Sunny Isles Beach |title=Educational Facilities |date=2021 |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref>