Many classes in the early years were held in portable classrooms although construction of the gymnasium, auditorium, cafeteria, library, and administrative offices was soon begun.

The existing student body as well as the new 7th Grade class entering in 1958 were served by those new facilities, although there were still several portable structures on campus.

This, along with another game in Broward County between Fort Lauderdale and Dillard the same night, was the first meeting between white and black teams.

The Girls Cross Country team won the 4A Florida High School State Championship in 1977,1978,1979 and 1980.

In 2012 the school was the scene of a mass casualty response from state and local authorities, responding to a call of a mysterious rash.

The Hollywood hazmat unit tested several objects from desks to door knobs but found no conclusive source of the rash.