James Madison Memorial High School

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James Madison Memorial High School
Green Spartan Head
Established 1966
Type Public secondary
Principal Bruce Dahmen
Students 2,200- 2,400
Grades 9–12
Location Madison, Wisconsin USA
Oversight Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD)
Colors Green and White
Mascot Spartans
Yearbook The Olympian
Newspaper The Sword and Shield (official), The Independent.
Website http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/jmm/

James Madison Memorial High School is a public school located in Madison, Wisconsin, teaching students grades 9-12. It is a part of the Madison Metropolitan School District. One of four Madison public high schools, it is commonly known as just "Memorial", or sometimes as "JMM."

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[edit] Academics

JMM is one of the stronger high schools in the state, with high ACT scores (CITATION NEEDED). The schools boasts strengths in sports, extracurriculars, and academic teams, among others. The school is noted for its planetarium, which was featured in Seventeen magazine several years back in their School Days section (CITATION NEEDED). JMM is also one of the few schools in the state which offers Chinese language classes.

Memorial is extremely strong in their Forensics program, led by head coach Tom Hardin. The Memorial team won state championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, and shared the title with Appleton East in 2006. This program incorporates both public speaking and acting, and has produced a significant number of individual event champions in recent years.

[edit] Administration

  • Principal: Mr. Bruce Dahmen
  • Asst. Principals: Mr. Radloff, Mr. Hartman, Mr. Hendrickson, Dr. Comstock
  • Athletic Director: Mr. Tim Ritchie

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boys Hockey

All led by now retired head coach Vic Levine (512 wins and 22 of 29 state tournament appearances), Memorial has collected 6 WIAA state championships; 1976-1977, 1979-1980, 1985, 1988, 1998, 2000.

[edit] Boys Soccer

Led by head coach Ben Voss, Memorial clinched it's only state championship in 2006 by defeating Brookfield East 2-0. The Spartans finished the season 27-2 and ranked 7th nationally by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America[1].

[edit] Boys Swimming

In 2004-2005, the boys swim team was ranked 10th in America according to Splash magazine[citation needed]. Head coach Tim Richie proceeded now assistant Gary Kolpin in 2004 upon retirement after 30+ years in the position. Memorial has won 8 state boys team swimming championships.

[edit] Trivia

  • The official school newspaper is The Sword and Shield. Independent newspapers, The Spartacus and the Aficionado have both discontinued distribution.
  • "The Independent" was created after the 1990-91 school year by the Sword and Shield staff in response to censorship of the school's paper by Principal Carolyn Taylor.
    • "The Independent" continues its tradition of printing yearly April Fools' editions, which have been published under names such as "The Inebriated" and "The Indyan". Past controversy over the Fools' edition gotten the Independent temporarily banned, sparking the creation of "The Spartacus" in 2003.
  • Historical list of school newspapers, both independent and official.
    • The Sword and Shield (official school newspaper)
    • The Independent (independent newspaper)
    • The Spartacus (discontinued)
    • Aficionado (discontinued)

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Soccer Coaches Association of America high school rankings[1]".


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