Madison High School (New Jersey)

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Madison High School
Location
170 Ridgedale Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Information
School district Madison Public Schools
Principal Mr. Greg Robertson
Enrollment

764 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 62.1 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 12.3[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Northern Hills Conference
Nickname Dodgers
Information 973-593-3117
Homepage School website

Madison High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Madison Public Schools. The school is located in the borough of Madison. Students from Harding Township attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[2]

Madison High School was the 48th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[3]

Madison High School offers four World Languages (Spanish, French, German, & Italian), in addition to a full array of academic majors in English, History, Mathematics and Science. Fourteen Advanced Placement Program courses offered include AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States History, AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP Spanish Language, AP French Language, AP German Language, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, and AP Environmental Science.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 764 students and 62.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3.[1] Over 90% of the district's graduates move on to a four-year or two-year college or enter the military.

Madison High School teachers all have bachelor degrees or higher, with about 15% having master's degrees and 2% having Ph.D's.

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[edit] Theatre

Madison High School performs a fall drama directed by Mrs. Julie Harding, and in the spring, the musical is directed by Ms. Caryn Jones. This year, the drama performed was Play On!, and the musical performed was Seussical. During the 2006-2007 school year, the drama was Father of the Bride, and the musical was The King and I. In the 2005-2006 school year, the drama was The Murder at the Vicarage, and the musical was My Favorite Year. In the 2004-2005 school year, the drama was Twelve Angry Men, and the musical was The Sound of Music. In the 2003-2004 school year, the drama was The Odd Couple, and the musical was Guys and Dolls.

[edit] Athletics

Madison High School offers dozens of clubs and 23 interscholastic sports, and competes in the Suburban Division of the Northern Hills Conference. The school offers the Personal Development Program, a freshman orientation and guidance program led by upperclassmen. The music program includes an orchestra, concert band, chorus, jazz band and chorus, guitar ensemble, show band and musical theater.

Madison is well respected in the region because of the consistent successes of its Field Hockey, and boys' lacrosse team. Madison is also one of very few schools in the division to have a synthetic turf field. The Sportexe "PowerBlade" turf was completed on September 22, 2006, and publicly unveiled the following day in a varsity football game against division rival Delbarton School.

The 2003 team won the Group II State championship with a 5-1 win over Pequannock Township High School in the semifinals and a 2-1 win against Allentown High School in the tournament's final match.[4]

In 2007, the field hockey team won the North II, Group II state sectional championship with a 4-2 win over Hackettstown High School in the tournament final.[5]


[edit] Bomb threat

On April 26, 2007, little more than a week after the Virginia Tech massacre, a threatening image was placed on the wall of a boys' bathroom. It showed bombs falling on the school and read "4/27/2007 All will suffer". The Madison Public Schools department quickly called both local and state police doing an entire investigation. The school was declared secure, and the next day, the school was heavily guarded by local, county, and state troopers. The school remained safe.[6]

[edit] Plagiarism Scandal

During Madison High School's 2005 graduation ceremony, School Board President Melissa Elias gave a commencement address plagiarized from a graduation address delivered by Anna Quindlen at Mount Holyoke College in 1999.[7] Before Elias' resignation, the Madison School Board released a statement declaring that "the board does not condone nor tolerate plagiarism within the Madison School community and expects all members of our community to adhere to the highest ethical standards." [8]

[edit] Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[9]

  • Mr. Greg Robertson - Principal
  • Mr. Marco Cera - Assistant Principal

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Madison High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Madison High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 28, 2008. "Madison High School also enjoys the benefits of our sending-receiving relationship with Harding Township, a nearby K-8 school district."
  3. ^ "Top Public High Schools in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, September 2006, backed up by Internet Archive as of April 29, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  4. ^ 2003 Field Hockey - Semifinals / Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
  5. ^ 2007 Field Hockey - North II, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed November 12, 2007.
  6. ^ Capone, Sally. "Madison High bomb threat prompts backpack searches", Madison Eagle, April 27, 2007, accessed April 29, 2007. "In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre and fear of copycat violence at schools across the nation, a bomb threat at Madison High School on Thursday afternoon, April 26, led to a lockdown, two police searches of the building, examinations of students' backpacks Friday morning, and a continuing police presence at the school. Nothing unusual was found in any of the searches, Principal Gregory Robertson said Friday afternoon, adding that students were taking the heightened security precautions in stride.
  7. ^ L. Vernon-Sparks, "Madison board leader quits over 'plagiarism'"
  8. ^ Side by side:Two texts in plagiarism furor," The Madison Eagle
  9. ^ Madison Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2008.
  10. ^ What's her secret? Ex-bunny tells all.
  11. ^ Daily Record News Article.
  12. ^ "They Got Game: Today they're all stars. But in school they were all-stars (well, some at least). Celebrities tell us which sports they played--and whether or not they made the cut.", In Style, May 1, 2004. "JANEANE GAROFALO - I played field hockey for Madison High School in New Jersey. I wasn't good, but I didn't mind the uniforms--they were like gym bloomers with skirts."
  13. ^ Vincent A. Larusso, Filmspot. Accessed October 19, 2007. "He graduated[sic] from Madison High School, Madison in 1996, and later in 2000, from the Boston School of Management[sic] ."
  14. ^ Eskenazi, Gerald. "PRO FOOTBALL;Jets Waste No Time Wooing O'Donnell", The New York Times, February 17, 1996. Accessed January 3, 2008. "He is a local product, having grown up and played football at Madison High School in New Jersey, not far from where the Giants have run their summer camp."
  15. ^ Minutes of Madison Borough Council meeting, held January 5, 1999.

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