Jackson High School (Jackson, Michigan)
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544 Wildwood Avenue Jackson, Michigan, 49201 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°15′00″N 84°25′07″W / 42.2499°N 84.4187°WCoordinates: 42°15′00″N 84°25′07″W / 42.2499°N 84.4187°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1927 |
| School district | Jackson Public Schools |
| Principal | Barbara Baird-Pauli |
| Teaching staff | 87.49 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1487 (2011-2012) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Orange & Black |
| Athletics conference | Capital Area Activities Conference |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Rival | Lumen Christi Catholic High School |
| Newspaper | The Reflector News |
| Website |
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Jackson High School is a public high school located near downtown Jackson, Michigan. The school was created in 1908 with the merger of Jackson's West Side and East Side High Schools and moved to its present location in 1927. The school has an enrollment of about one thousand five hundred students in grades nine through twelve.[3] The school's mascot is the Viking. The athletic teams compete as members of the Capital Area Activities Conference. It is a part of the Jackson Public Schools.
Jackson High School, alongside its normal curriculum, has a dual enrollment program where students can take courses at the local community college, Jackson College. Students from other high schools, such as Lumen Christi Catholic High School, East Jackson Secondary School, and Northwest High School, are allowed to enroll for courses at Jackson High. Foreign students from all over the world can attend through an exchange program.
Administration
The administration of Jackson High School consist of four principals - one for each grade level - who are responsible for the day-to-day running of the school, along with supervising events, and implementing curriculum. The building principal, also known as the Principal for Instruction and principal for the 12th grade, is currently Barbara Baird-Pauli.
Education
In their junior year, students are required by Jackson Public Schools to take the MME) and the ACT. As of 2013, Jackson High has three hundred and eighty seven students in seventeen sections of AP classes covering:[4]
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Student body
| Ethnicity | This school | State average |
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| White | 53% | 69% |
| African-American | 38% | 18% |
| Hispanic | 5% | 6% |
| Asian | 2% | 3% |
| American Indian | 0% | 1% |
| Unspecified | 1% | n/a |
Source: MI Dept. of Education, 2012-2013[5]
The building
Originally built in 1927, the three-story tall building stands thirty three meters, or one hundred and nine feet tall. Recently, Jackson High School received a nearly thirty million dollar renovation that restored the building after many years of neglect due to budget constraints. In addition, a science wing was built. A highlight of this building is Britton Hall, commonly referred to as the Shakespeare Room, that is patterned after an old English hall in Stratford, England.
Fine and performing arts
Jackson High School has a long-standing tradition in the performing arts. The Drama Club presents 2-3 performances each year and often provides a condensed version of a play for the elementary schools.
Band
JHS has four concert bands. The Cadet band is composed of freshmen; varsity, varsity wind ensemble, and symphony band are sophomores through seniors. In addition to the four concert bands Jackson High has two after school jazz bands and a Marching Band.
Choir
The Jackson High vocal music program currently consists of two choirs, Varsity Voices and Euphony Choir.
The Jackson High School Euphony Choir first sang during the 1930s, and has since performed in Carnegie Hall, the state capital, and for many other functions and occasions.
Orchestra
The Jackson High School orchestra is the only high school orchestra in Jackson County.
Dramatics
Jackson High School offers a class in theater. The drama club puts on two to three performances per year. After-school programs are also available, including Improv and other theater productions.
Visual Arts
The visual arts classes at Jackson High vary from general art classes to Sculpture, Drawing and AP Studio Art.
Athletics
Sports offered for both boys and girls are: basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, track, and tennis. In addition Jackson High also offers boy's baseball, football, hockey, and wrestling, and girl's cheerleading, softball, and volleyball.
Athletic facilities
Jackson High School's gymnasium is an over two thousand seat facility that holds home basketball games, along with MHSAA playoff games. The gymnasium has three full basketball courts, volleyball courts, and a three lane one hundred and sixty meter indoor track. Withington Community Stadium and Dungy Field are home to the Jackson High School football and track and field teams, as well as the Lumen Christi High School football team. On October 24, 2008, Dungy Field was dedicated to the entire Dungy Family, most notably Tony Dungy. The track at Withington Community Stadium and Dungy Field has a nine lane four hundred meter surface made of a combination of rubber and polyurethane. Withington Stadium holds ten thousand people, and hosts MHSAA football playoffs, along with the Midwest Meet of Champions. The soccer teams play at Justin Mehall Memorial Field. Jackson High School also has two different tennis facilities, the six court complex is at Jackson High School, and the new ten court Dennis Kiley Tennis Complex is located at the Middle School at Parkside, but is utilized by Jackson High School. Jackson High also has a six lane twenty five yard length pool, a fitness center, and a second gymnasium.
Notable alumni
- Dan Coats – U.S. Senator from Indiana
- Fred Janke – University of Michigan football player and Mayor of Jackson
- Steven Kampfer – NHL hockey player for the Florida Panthers
- Clarence Love - Former NFL defensive back[6]
- Jack Paar – Host of the The Tonight Show (dropped out in 10th grade)[7]
- Tyler Thomas, gridiron football player
- Alfred Worden – NASA Astronaut who visited the Moon
References
- ↑ "Jackson High School". NWES. NWES.
- ↑ "The Reflector News". Wordpress. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ↑ GreatSchools.com http://www.greatschools.org/michigan/jackson/2050-Jackson-High-School/. Retrieved 9 November 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Smith, Leanne. "Jackson High School students getting an edge on college with Advanced Placement classes". MLive. MLive. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Jackson High School - Jackson, Michigan - MI - School overview". Greatschools.org. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ Salisbury, Danielle (10 September 2008). "Ex-NFL player Love arrested in nightclub brawl". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ Pat Rombyer (2009-03-07). "Jack Paar moved to Jackson in the 1930s". Jackson Citizen Patriot. Retrieved 2014-04-22 – via mlive.com.