James Madison Madison High School (colloquial Madison High School ) is one of nine comprehensive public high schools at Portland Public Schools in Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Histori
Madison High School was founded in 1957 and named after James Madison, the fourth US President and coauthor of the Constitution. Schools serve environmental students and many transfer students in grades 9-12.
Two movies have been filmed at school: Paranoid Park (2007) and Twilight (2008).
On June 29, 2004, the school was damaged by fire, probably caused by fireworks.
Madison is scheduled to be modernized as part of a $ 790 million bond measured pass in 2017.
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Curriculum
James Madison High School offers a variety of core college preparatory classes as well as unique electives in math, show & amp; visual arts, science, social sciences, and world languages. Students can challenge themselves by enrolling in the Advanced Placement and multiple credit programs. The latter is taught by the Madison faculty who work in partnership with Portland Community College.
Athletics
Madison participated in the Portland Interscholastic League at level 6A. Team sports include cross country, soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, swimming, dance team, wrestling and track and field. Madison is the best known athletic for baseball program, which holds the state title of every high school baseball program in the state of Oregon.
Country championship
- Baseball: 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1997
Student
In the academic year 2016-2017, Madison's student population is 33.3% White, 24.5% Hispanic, 16.3% African American, 13.6% Asian, 2.0% Pacific Island, 0.8% Native American , and 9.5% of mixed race.
Famous Alumni
- Leslie A. Baxter, educator
- Craig Berkman, politician
- Kent Bottenfield, Major League Baseball player
- Paul J. De Muniz, first Hispanic Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Oregon
- Rob Dressler, Major League Baseball player
- Terry Ley, Premier League Baseball pitcher
- John Minnis, politician
- Jim Pepper, musician
- Billy Rancher, musician
- Rick Wise, the first Major League Baseball pitcher to pitch a no-hitter and hit home runs in the same game
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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