| James Madison High School | |
| Location | |
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| 3787 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11229 New York City, NY, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Education is the true foundation of civil liberty |
| Established | 1925 |
| Principal | Joseph Gogliormella |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 3988[1] |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Telephone | (718) 758-7200 |
| Website | www.madisonhs.org |
James Madison High School is a public high school located at 3787 Bedford Avenue, in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York, and educates grades 9 through 12. It is part of Region 6 in the New York City Department of Education. The current principal is Joseph Gogliormella.
Built over 75 years ago, James Madison has graduated four Nobel Prize winners, famous musicians, authors, sports players, and a United States Supreme Court Justice.
Following the 2008 election there are two sitting U.S. Senators, Bernard Sanders (I-VT) and Charles Schumer (D-NY), who are graduates of James Madison. Former Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), is also a graduate.
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Academics
James Madison High School is organized in accordance with the House Model. There are eight houses at JMHS. Each House has a Teacher Coordinator, a Guidance Counselor, and an Assistant Principal assigned to supervise and assist students. James Madison High school is an average school.
Special programs
Most students who apply to James Madison High School have the opportunity to apply into a specific "House". The most notable houses in Madison are:
- Law Institute- One of the top three houses in Madison, it is designed for successful Social Studies students. In addition to being taught reasoning and communication skills, the students develop an understanding of American Legal institutions. Students in the Law House take classes/participate in activities such as Model U.N, Mock Trial, Moot Court, We The People, Legal Economics,Criminology Advanced Placement Economics
- Bio-Medical Institute- One of the top three houses in Madison, it is sometimes referred to as simply, Bio-Med. In this honor program, students who are interested in the Sciences take such classes as Biology, AP Biology, Chemistry Honors, AP Chemistry, Physics Honors, Pathology,Laboratory Techniques, and Science Research. Students in this program are offered internships in health science facilities as well as the opportunity to participate in local and national science competitions.
- Math Academy-One of the top three houses in Madison, the Math Academy has students who are given the opportunity to study mathematics and computer science. Students in this House take some of the following classes: Advanced Placement Computer Science, Advanced Placement Calculus AB and Advanced Placement Calculus BC
- Music House - Is one of the top houses in Madison. The music house features a staff of highly qualified teachers, who serve in affording students with the opportunity to participate in courses such as: Music Technology, Jazz Band, Marching Band, String Ensemble, Orchestra, Beginning Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar, Chorus, Musical Theater Workshop, Percussion and more. The music house holds a minimum of 6 annual concert performances at the Sonia Lerner auditorium within the high school. The music program also hosts concerts outside the school building and facilitates a variety of displays of student achievement within the community.
- The humanities house- provides overall historical context to the program. This program offers an interdisciplinary approach to learning; it combines the best of both engligh literature and social studies.
- Information Technology House - One of the newer houses at Madison. It is one of the only programs in NYC high schools that offers students the chance to take the Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel certification exams for free.
- Academy of Finance
Some of the other Houses include:
- The International House (for students of Limited English proficiency)
- The Media Arts House
- Madison Academy of Community and Civil Service
Ethnics
The demographics are 49.18% White (non-Hispanic), 22.61% African American, 15.51% Asian and 12.48% Hispanic or Latino
Special classes
AP classes
There are many AP classes offered at James Madison High School. These classes include
- AP Chemistry
- AP Biology
- AP Economics/AP Government
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Statistics
- AP Spanish
- AP English
- AP European History
- AP American History
- AP Physics
- AP Computer Science
- AP World History
Honor/Elective classes
Along with these AP classes, Madison offerers a wide number of Honor/elective classes. Some of these include
- Business law
- Pre-Calculus
- European History Honors
- American History Honors
- Physics Honors
- Biology Honors
- Chemistry Honors
Madison also offers a wide number of music/art electives, which students are allowed and encouraged to take.
Clubs
James Madison High School has a number of clubs.
- African Heritage Club
- Akiva Jewish Culture club
- Art Journal
- Art Squad
- Attendance Committee
- African Heritage Club
- Art Journal
- Art Squad
- Attendance Committee
- Asian Student Union
- Baseball Club
- Business Journal
- Cheering Squads: Twirlers Cheerleaders Boosters
- Chess Club
- Chinese Culture Club
- Club Hispanic
- Consultative Council
- Crochet club
- Drama Club
- Environmental Club
- Executive Internship
- Fidelitas
- Flag Squad
- Game Club
- Gay Straight Alliance
- Guitar Club
- Japanese Animation Club
- Law Journal
- Leadership
- Library Pagemasters
- Lighting Squad
- Marching Band
- Math Team
- Mock Trial
- Peer Mediation
- Peer Tutoring
- Performing Arts Club
- Photography Club
- Project Gap
- Project REACH
- Recycling Club
- S.A.F.E.
- S.E.L.F.
- Senior Council
- Softball Club
- Stepping Club
- The Moment (Newspaper)
- Science Research Club
- S.A.V.E. Leaders Corps
- Sing
- Spring Musical
- Student Government
- NYS Science Honor Society
Extracurricular activities
SING!, a musical competition between the grades, has been a Madison tradition for over 50 years. On November 15, 2008,Senior/Soph lost to Junior/Fresh for the first time in 6 years, on the 60th anniversary of SING! The SING theme was "its never too late to change" (go figure.) Madison also offers a wide range of psal varsity and junior varsity sports. In addition, Madison has a Student Union Government.
Notable alumni
Distinguished alumni of James Madison High School include:
- Cal Abrams, Major League baseball player
- Larry Baxter, professional basketball player
- Gary Becker, Nobel Prize winner - economics
- Mimi Benzell, Opera singer (deceased)
- Andrew Dice Clay, comedian
- Norm Coleman, former US senator (Minnesota)
- Stanley Cohen, Nobel Prize winner
- Steven Cohen, professor of Public Management and Environmental Policy at Columbia University
- Stanley Engerman, economic historian; co-author with Nobel prize economist R. Fogel.
- Devale Ellis, professional football player
- Sonny Fox, TV Personality
- Steve Freund, Blues Musician
- William Gaines, publisher of Mad Magazine
- Marty Glickman, Olympian, sports broadcaster
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
- Stanley Kaplan, educational testing innovator
- Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize author
- Carole King (Klein),singer/songwriter
- Martin Landau, actor
- Rudy LaRusso, professional basketball player
- Bruce Morrow, "Cousin Brucie" of radio
- Laura Numeroff, author "When You Give a Mouse a Cookie" series
- Sylvia Porter, financial columnist (deceased)
- Chris Rock, comedian (attended)
- Dmitriy Salita, boxer, NABA Light-Welterweight Champion
- Bernard Sanders, U.S. senator (Vermont)
- Charles Schumer, U.S. senator (New York)
- Irwin Shaw, novelist (deceased)
- Judith Sheindlin (Judge Judy), judge/TV personality
- Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian.
- Claire Shulman Kantoff, Queens Borough President
- Janis Siegel, singer
- Robert Solow, Nobel Prize Winner - Economics
- Frank Torre, professional baseball player
- Samuel O. Thier, former president of Brandeis University; Institute of Medicine
- Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, university president
- Howie Klein, President of Reprise/Warner Bros. Records between 1989 and 2001, and a progressive political activist.
- Roy DeMeo, Notable member of the Gambino Crime Family and head of the DeMeo Crew which operated out of the Gemini lounge in Canarsie, New York.
Statistics
- Total Student Population - 4,500
- Female - 1,788 = 45.94%
- Male - 2,104 = 54.06%
- Ethnicity
- American Indian - 5 = 0.17%
- Asian / Pac. Islan. - 625 = 16.06%
- Hispanic - 576 = 14.80%
- Black - 1,041 = 26.75%
- White - 1,628 = 41.83%
- Not Reported - 17 = 0.44%
- English Language Learners (ELL)
- ELL - 320 = 8.22%
- Special Education
- General Ed - 3,528 = 90.65%
- Least Restrictive Environment - 219 = 5.63%
- Most Restrictive Environment - 145 = 3.73%
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