James Madison Memorial High School

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James Madison Memorial High School
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Address
James Madison Memorial High School
201 South Gammon Road

Madison
,
Wisconsin
53717

United States
Coordinates 43°03′49″N89°30′03″W / 43.06374°N 89.50079°W / 43.06374; -89.50079 Coordinates: 43°03′49″N89°30′03″W / 43.06374°N 89.50079°W / 43.06374; -89.50079
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Other names
  • JMM
  • Memorial
Type Public high school
Established1966 (1966)
School district Madison Metropolitan School District
NCES School ID 550852000937 [1]
PrincipalMatt Hendrickson
Teaching staff124.50 (on a FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,953 (2018-2019) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.69 [1]
Color(s)Green and White   
Athletics conference Big Eight Conference
MascotBruce the Spartan
NewspaperThe Sword and Shield
YearbookThe Olympian
Website jmm.madison.k12.wi.us

James Madison Memorial High School is a public high school in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1966 and is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District.

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The school is named after the city of Madison and the "Father of the Constitution" and fourth president of the United States, James Madison. Casually, the school is referred to by local media or out-state simply as either Madison Memorial or Memorial or JMM, in reference to the city rather than James Madison.

Academics

Memorial offers classes ranging from Algebra 1 to Astronomy. Chinese, German, French and Spanish are some of their language classes. [2]

The school also hosts the Madison school district's planetarium and offers an Astronomy class. [3]

Small Learning Communities grant

In 2001, Memorial received a U.S. Department of Education Small Learning Communities federal grant to support a "neighborhood" reorganization. [4] The four neighborhoods are Rock, Wolf, Fox, and Wisconsin . [4]

School newspapers

The official school newspaper is The Sword and Shield and since 2009 has all issues on line located at https://memorialweb.madison.k12.wi.us/node/1652. Independent newspapers, The Spartacus and Aficionado existed at one time, but have all ceased distribution. The Independent was created after the 1990-91 school year by The Sword and Shield staff.

Extracurricular activities

Memorial offers interscholastic sports [5] and extramural activities. The Spartans have won 64 state championships across all sports, ranking third in the state of Wisconsin.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

Baseball

  • 1990 State champion; beat Marinette, 8-7 (9)
  • 1992 State champion; beat Oconomowoc, 10-8

Basketball (boys)

  • 2005 State champion; beat Milwaukee Vincent, 63-55 [6]
  • 2009 State champion; beat Racine Horlick, 56-41 [7]
  • 2011 State champion; beat De Pere, 80-78 (3OT) [8]

Cross country (boys)

  • 1967 State champion; beat Antigo, 80-82 [9]
  • 1969 State champion; beat Milwaukee Marshall, 52-109 [9]
  • 1991 State champion; beat Homestead, 65-97 [9]

Cross country (girls)

  • 1980 State champion; beat Neenah, 98-114
  • 1984 State champion; beat Neenah, 85-99

Football (boys)

  • 1984 State Runners Up; 10w - 2l Current Winningest Team

Golf (boys)

  • 1972 State champion; beat Whitefish Bay, 611-618
  • 1984 State champion; beat Madison West, 647-649
  • 1990 State champion; beat Eau Claire North, 670-686

Golf (girls)

  • 1977 State champion; beat Madison West, 710-739
  • 1979 State champion; beat Appleton East, 710-728
  • 1980 State champion; beat Appleton West, 729-785

Hockey (boys)

  • 1976 State champion; beat Superior, 4-3 (3OT)
  • 1977 State champion; beat Superior, 3-2 (2OT)
  • 1979 State champion; beat Madison East, 3-1
  • 1980 State champion; beat Rice Lake, 6-2
  • 1985 State champion; beat Stevens Point, 3-1
  • 1988 State champion; beat Madison West, 2-0
  • 1998 State champion; beat Stevens Point, 4-3 (OT)
  • 2000 State champion; beat Wausau West, 4-3

Soccer (boys)

  • 2006 State champion; beat Brookfield East, 2-0 [10]

Soccer (Girls)

  • 1986 State champion; beat Neenah, 1-0
  • 1987 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 1-0

Swimming & diving (boys)

  • 1980 State champion; beat Whitefish Bay, 112-90
  • 1981 State champion; beat Homestead, 148-93
  • 1986 State champion; beat Madison West, 260-204
  • 1992 State champion; beat Madison West, 296-208
  • 1994 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 282-280
  • 1996 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 266-238
  • 2005 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 269.5-222 [11]
  • 2006 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 272-245 [12]
  • 2007 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 257.5-212.5 [13]
  • 2009 State champion; beat Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights, 200.5-182.5 [14]
  • 2011 State champion; beat Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial, 234.5-192 [15]
  • 2012 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 326-234 [16]
  • 2013 State champion; beat Madison West, 316-206 [17]
  • 2014 State champion; beat Madison West, 319-216.5 [18]
  • 2015 State champion; beat Madison West, 350.5-201 [19]
  • 2016 State champion; beat Madison West, 314-202 [20]

Swimming & diving (girls)

  • 1970 State champion; beat Menomonee Falls North, 128-121.5
  • 1971 State champion; beat Menomonee Falls North, 127.5-116
  • 1972 State champion; beat Madison East, 174-118
  • 1974 State champion; beat Madison West, 230-179
  • 1975 State champion; beat Madison West, 234-168
  • 1976 State champion; beat Brookfield Central, 215-132
  • 1978 State champion; beat Madison West, 176-153
  • 1979 State champion; beat Brookfield Central, 210-114
  • 1988 State champion; beat Madison West, 277-212.5
  • 1993 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 325.5-311
  • 1994 State champion; beat Madison West, 310-5-301.5
  • 1999 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 313-242.5 [21]
  • 2000 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 320.5-236 [22]
  • 2001 State champion; beat Madison West, 295-267.5 [23]

Tennis (girls)

  • 1988 State champion; beat Brookfield Central, 30.5-28

Track & field (boys)

  • 1970 State champion; tied Racine Case & Whitefish Bay, 14-14
  • 1973 State champion; beat Whitefish Bay, 21-18

Track & field (girls)

  • 1972 State champion; beat Nicolet, 21-18
  • 1973 State champion; beat Madison West, 24-18
  • 1977 State champion; tied Madison East, 40-40
  • 1979 State champion; beat Janesville Parker & Madison West, 46-30
  • 2003 State champion; beat Waukesha West, Hartford, Cudahy & Waukesha Catholic Memorial, 34-25 [24]

Notable alumni

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