José Martí MAST 6-12 Academy, also known as JMMA 6-12 or MAST 3, is a magnet school incorporating grades 6 through 12 in Hialeah, Florida. Established in 1987 as José Martí Middle School, it introduced its magnet program with a high school expansion in 2011. History As a middle school (1987–2011) The school was established in 1987 as José Martí Middle School, by José Enriquez Sr., the school's first principal. Eventually, Enriquez's son became the principal of the school. Prior to its transition to a magnet school, José Martí Middle experienced troubling events such as the intentional setting of a fire in 1999. In November 2010, the school earned over $6,000 by saving energy, which they used to help tutor students. As a magnet school (since 2011) After the superintendent of M-DCPS opened a MAST in Homestead, he decided to "franchise" MAST Academy. Following this, José Martí was converted to a magnet high school in August 2011, with 6th through 9th grades present in the 2011–12 school year. In November 2011, an incident involving pepper spray being sprayed in a stairwell caused 20 students to go to a hospital for non-life-threatening concerns. That November, the school also became one of three schools—the other two being EA and Hialeah Middle—to be enrolled into the Afterschool Nutrition Program. In May 2012, the school received a grant from the National Wildlife Federation, which was used to initialize the planting of the school's native arboretum. In May 2013, the Committee for Economic Development visited MAST. In 2013–14, the middle and high schools were both fully converted into a magnet school. The school has maintained a relatively small population since this transition, in order to offer its students a richer one-on-one learning experience. In April 2014, The Miami Laker wrote, "the founding class for José Martí MAST Academy contains 50 students scheduled to graduate in 2015." During that school year, the school's Green Club hosted an Earth Day celebration which involved planting trees, mulching grass, and collecting trash. Maintenance of an aquaponics lab also began. The lab and the arboretum are used for research. The school was selected and featured by the local NBC station's "Brag About Your School" Initiative in 2014. During that school year, a Silver Knight mascot was introduced. The school was also granted an AP Capstone program, set to begin during the 2015–16 school year. The Green Club at the school