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Madison also offers a wide range of Boys And Girls [[PSAL]] Varsity and Junior Varsity Sports Football, Soccer, Basketball, Track and field, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming, Cross Country, Handball, and Lacrosse.
Madison also offers a wide range of Boys And Girls [[PSAL]] Varsity and Junior Varsity Sports Football, Soccer, Basketball, Track and field, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming, Cross Country, Handball, and Lacrosse.


The James Madison Baseball Team is the most successful team in the school ranked fourth in the New York City [[PSAL]] and sixth including Catholic High Schools. They have been in the final four 3 years in a row. In 2008, the team made it to the finals but fell short. The program has put a lot of their players into college baseball and three professional players [[Frank Torre]], [[Cal Abrams]], [[Harry Eisenstat]].
The James Madison Baseball Team is the most successful team in the school ranked fourth in the New York City [[PSAL]] and sixth including Catholic High Schools. They have been in the final four three years in a row. In 2008, the team made it to the finals but fell short. The program has put a lot of their players into college baseball and three professional players [[Frank Torre]], [[Cal Abrams]], [[Harry Eisenstat]].


James Madison High School is home to a very successful Swim Team. It has won countless competitions. It is currently coached by Mr.Davis who is retired but continues to train the swim team for each winter swimming season. He was retired in 2009. Mr.Tigre is the current swimming teacher at James Madison High School and has been for 2 years now. This is one of Madison's most prosperous teams.
James Madison High School is home to a very successful Swim Team. It has won countless competitions. It is currently coached by Mr.Davis who is retired but continues to train the swim team for each winter swimming season. He was retired in 2009. Mr.Tigre is the current swimming teacher at James Madison High School and has been for 2 years now. This is one of Madison's most prosperous teams.
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==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
Distinguished alumni of James Madison High School include:<ref name=Wall>[http://www.jamesmadisonalumni.org/wall.html The Wall of Distinction], James Madison High School Alumni Association. Accessed June 11, 2013.</ref>

[[File:Ruth Bader Ginsburg official SCOTUS portrait.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]]]
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While at James Madison High School in the 1950s, Carol Klein changed her name to [[Carole King]], formed a band called the Co-Sines, and made demo records with her neighborhood friend [[Paul Simon]] for $25 a time.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.biography.com/people/carole-king-17169764 |title=Carole King Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com |work=biography.com |accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA2 |title=The Words and Music of Carole King |page=3|author= James E. Perone |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=2006 |accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Dmitry Salita.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Dmitry Salita]]]]

Four notable baseball players attended the school, [[Cal Abrams]],<ref name="thebaseballcube1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=5345 |title=Madison (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball |publisher=The Baseball Cube |date= |accessdate=February 13, 2011}}</ref> [[Harry Eisenstat]],<ref name="thebaseballcube1"/> [[Ted Schreiber]],<ref name="thebaseballcube1"/> and [[Frank Torre]].<ref name="thebaseballcube1"/>
* [[Cal Abrams]] (1924-1997), Major-league baseball player.<ref name="thebaseballcube1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=5345 |title=Madison (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball |publisher=The Baseball Cube |date= |accessdate=February 13, 2011}}</ref><ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Maury Allen]] (1932-2010, class of 1949), sportswriter.<ref name=NYPost2010/>

* [[Gary Becker]] (born 1930), Nobel Prize winner, economics.<ref name=Becker1994>Fuchs, Victor R. [http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.8.2.183 "Nobel Laureate - Gary S. Becker: Ideas About Facts"], ''[[Journal of Economic Perspectives]]'', Volume 8, number 2 - Spring 1994, pp. 183-192. Accessed June 11, 2013.</ref>
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[[Sidney Verba]], political scientist and director of the [[Harvard University Library]] from 1984 to 2007, attended the school in the 1940s.<ref>[http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-polisci-082409-094200 A Life in Political Science] ''Annual Review of Political Science''.2011.14:i-xv.</ref>
* [[Mimi Benzell]] (1918-1970), opera singer.<ref name=Newsday1995/>

* [[Harry Boatswain]] (born 1969), former professional football player.<ref>Eskenazi, Gerald. [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/sports/keeping-offense-in-protective-custody-jets-lose-to-oilers.html "Keeping Offense in Protective Custody, Jets Lose to Oilers"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 4, 1996. Accessed June 11, 2013. "'I never left Brooklyn,' said Boatswain, who grew up there and starred at James Madison High School. Brooklyn still called to him when he joined the 49ers in 1991 and spent four seasons there, before moving on to the Eagles last year."</ref>
* [[Andrew Dice Clay]] (born 1957 as Andrew Clay Silverstein), comedian.<ref>Daly, Sean. [http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/the_return_of_andrew_dice_clay_OXnsZfjPkukeyUxFmUkQ0M "The return of Andrew Dice ClayHow ‘Entourage’ brought him back from broke"], ''[[New York Post]]'', August 21, 2011. Accessed June 11, 2013. "The only performer to be banned for life from MTV, Andrew Clay Silverstein was raised in Brownsville and attended James Madison High School before moving to LA in 1980."</ref>
* [[Stanley Cohen (biochemist)|Stanley Cohen]] (born 1922), Nobel Prize winner, medicine.<ref name=Newsday1995/>
* [[Norm Coleman]] (born 1949, class of 1966), U.S. Senator (Republican of [[Minnesota]]).<ref name=USNews2009>O'Shea, Jennifer L. [http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2009/01/07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-norm-coleman "10 Things You Didn't Know About Norm Coleman"], ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', January 7, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Coleman graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn in 1966. Another future senator was there at the same time: New York's Chuck Schumer, who graduated one year later."</ref>
* [[Robert Dallek]] (born 1934, class of 1952), historian.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Roy DeMeo]] (1942-1983, class of 1959), mobster.<ref>Dickson, Michael M. [http://americanmafiahistory.com/roy-demeo/ "Roy Albert DeMeo – Leader of the Gambino Family Murder for Hire"], American Mafia History, October 18, 2012. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Roy Albert DeMeo was born on September 7, 1942 in Bath Beach Brooklyn to working class Italian immigrants. In 1959 DeMeo graduated from James Madison High School with an accomplished loan shark business bringing in hundreds of dollars each week."</ref>
* [[Harry Eisenstat]] (1915-2003), Major League baseball player<ref name="thebaseballcube1"/>
* [[Devale Ellis]](born 1984), professional football player.<ref>Rock, Tom. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/1149032811.html?dids=1149032811:1149032811&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+21%2C+2006&author=TOM+ROCK.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=JETS%2C+Ellis+spreading+Pride+in+NFL&pqatl=google "JETS, Ellis spreading Pride in NFL"], ''[[Newsday]]'', October 21, 2006. Accessed June 11, 2013. "He was a basketball player - small for that sport, too - when Jeffrey Ishmael, the football coach at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, saw [Devale Ellis] grab a defensive rebound, dribble the length of the court and make an acrobatic layup."</ref>
* [[Sandra Feldman]] (1939-2005, class of 1956), president of the [[American Federation of Teachers]].<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Sonny Fox]] (born 1925), TV personality.<ref name=NYTimes1980/>
* [[David Frye]] (1933-2011, born David Shapiro), comedian.<ref>Grimes, William. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/arts/29frye.html "David Frye, Perfectly Clear Nixon Parodist, Dies at 77"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 29, 2011. Accessed June 11, 2013. "David Shapiro was born in Brooklyn and attended James Madison High School there."</ref>
* [[Sid Ganis]] (born 1940), motion picture executive.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[William Gaines]] (1922-1992, class of 1939), founding publisher of ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine.<ref>Tebbel, John Robert. [http://www.instantclassics.com/ic_html/gaines1.html " What, Me Gone?"], Instant Classics, June 5, 1992. Accessed June 11, 2013. "I spoke earlier about the influence he had, and I just thought of one incident. Bill and I both, as I said, went to James Madison High School in Brooklyn."</ref>
* [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] (born 1933, class of 1950), Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court.<ref name=Newsday1995/>
* [[Marty Glickman]] (1917-2001, class of 1935), Olympian and broadcaster.<ref name=Newsday1995/><ref name=SunSentinel1988/>
* [[Ron Haigler]], basketball player.<ref>http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-25/sports/26002021_1_owls-coach-john-chaney-temple-assistant-coach-jason-ivey "Temple Adds Two Top Scholastic Talents from alabama"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', April 25, 1992. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Laster is a 6-5 swingman from Clayton High in suburban St. Louis, Mo., and Piskun is a 6-6 forward from James Madison High in New York City, the same school that produced former Penn star Ron Haigler."</ref>
* [[Stanley Myron Handleman]] (1929-2007, class of 1947), comedian.<ref name=NYTimes1980>Brantley, Robin. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B13F83A5C12728DDDA80894D8415B8084F1D3 "Beverly Hills Brooklynites; A Brooklyn Evening in Beverly Hills"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 1, 1980. Accessed June 11, 2013.</ref>
* [[Judge Judy]] ([[Judith Sheindlin]], class of 1961), television personality.<ref name=NYPost2010>Abruzzo, Shavana. [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/judge_judy_inducted_with_elite_alums_JUZDaVSTAO9sTqa7SyGGtO "Judge Judy inducted with elite alums on Madison's wall of fame"], ''[[New York Post]]'', June 1, 2010. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Joining Judge Judy on the 2010 roster are late Brooklyn Dodger Cal Abrams (‘42), former US ambassador to the United Nations Herbert Okun (‘47), sportswriter Maury Allen (‘49), University of Maryland Dental School professor and pain research pioneer Dr. Ronald Dubner (‘51), historian and “dean” of presidential experts Dr. Robert Dallek (‘52), retired Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Deborah Tobias Poritz (‘54) and director Joel Zwick (‘58), whose screen and credits include “My Fat Greek Wedding,” “Laverne & Shirley” and Broadway’s “Oklahoma!”.... No small wonder when the school’s august alums include educator Stanley H. Kaplan (‘35), former American Federation of Teachers President Sandra Feldman (‘56), radio personality Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow (‘48), opera star Elaine Malbin (‘48), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ President Sidney Ganis (‘57) and Paul L. Krinsky (‘46), who served as the superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1987 to 1993, attaining the rank of rear admiral."</ref>
* [[Garson Kanin]] (1912-1999), writer and director of plays and films.<ref name=Newsday1995/>
* [[Stanley Kaplan]] (1919-2009), test preparation entrepreneur.<ref name=SunSentinel1988>Campbell, Loriann. [http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-12-18/news/8803120616_1_high-school-reunion-reunion-organizer-alumni "Mad About Madsion 1,000 Alumni Of A Brooklyn High School, From 1927 Through 1970, Plan A South Florida Reunion."], ''[[Sun Sentinel]]'', December 18, 1988. Accessed June 11, 2013.</ref>
* [[Buddy Kaye]] (1918-2002), songwriter, musician, producer, author and publisher.<ref name=NYTimes1980/>
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* [[Carole King]] (born 1942 as Carole Klein, class of 1958), singer and songwriter.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.biography.com/people/carole-king-17169764 |title=Carole King Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com |work=biography.com |accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e5lgPm5eq40C&pg=PA2 |title=The Words and Music of Carole King |page=3|author= James E. Perone |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=2006 |accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Paul L. Krinsky]] (born 1928), U.S. Navy rear admiral.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Martin Landau]] (born 1928), Academy-award-winning actor.<ref name=Newsday1995>Behrens, David. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/20247618.html?dids=20247618:20247618&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+23%2C+1995&author=By+David+Behrens.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=The+Reunion+%2F+The+Class+of+'35&pqatl=google "The Reunion / The Class of '35"], ''[[Newsday]]'', November 23, 1995. Accessed June 11, 2013.</ref><ref name=NYTimes1980/>
* [[Rudy LaRusso]], five-time All-Star [[NBA]] basketball player.<ref name=SunSentinel1988/>
* [[Mell Lazarus]] (born 1922), cartoonist.<ref name=NYTimes1980/>
* [[Andrew Levane]] (1920-2012, class of 1940), professional basketball player.<ref>Berkow, Ira. [http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/04/sports/sports-of-the-times-he-made-music-of-his-own.html "Sports of The Times; He Made Music of His Own"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 4, 1999. Accessed June 11, 2013. "In 1939, as the star center of the undefeated city championship James Madison High School team, Fuzzy was named the outstanding schoolboy player in New York City."</ref>
* [[Elaine Malbin]] (born 1932, class of 1948), opera singer.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Bruce Morrow]] (born 1935, class of 1953), radio personality.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Herbert S. Okun]] (1930-2011, class of 1947), diplomat.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Martin Perl]] (born 1927, class of 1942), Nobel Prize winner, physics.<ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1995/perl-autobio.html Autobiography of Martin L. Perl], [[Nobel Prize]]. Accessed June 11, 2013. "I was sixteen when I graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn in 1942. My sister, who is now a well known writer in the United States, moved through school even faster - she graduated at fifteen and one-half."</ref>
* [[Sylvia Porter]] (1913-1991), economist and journalist.<ref name=SunSentinel1988/>
* [[Deborah Poritz]] (born 1936), N.J. Attorney General then Chief Justice, N.J. Supreme Court.<ref name=NYPost2010/>
* [[Chris Rock]] (born 1965), comedian and actor who withdrew before graduation.<ref>via ''[[New York Post]]''. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159947,00.html "Chris Rock Gets Show Based on Childhood"], [[Fox News]], June 18, 2005. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Finally, after years of bullying, Rock's parents pulled him out of James Madison HS at 17. 'If we didn't, he was going to get killed,' said his mother, Rose Rock."</ref>
* [[Norman Rosten]] (1993-1995), poet, playwright and novelist.<ref name=Newsday1995/><ref name=SunSentinel1988/>
* [[Dmitry Salita]], professional boxer.<ref>Farrell, Bill. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/night-champions-73rd-daily-news-golden-gloves-article-1.873421 "A NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS The 73rd Daily News Golden Gloves"], ''[[Daily News (New York)]]'', April 28, 2000. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Dmitry Salita, 17 Starrett City BC: A two-time Metro champion, this senior at Brooklyn's James Madison H.S. is boxing in his first Golden Gloves."</ref>
* [[Bernard Sanders]] (born 1941, class of 1959), U.S. Senator, (Independent of [[Vermont]])><ref>[http://www.sanders.senate.gov/about/ About Bernie], [[Bernie Sanders]]. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Education: James Madison High School, Brooklyn NY; University of Chicago, B.A. 1964"</ref>
* [[Ted Schreiber]] (born 1938), Major League Baseball player<ref name="thebaseballcube1"/>
* [[Chuck Schumer]] (born 1950, class of 1967), U.S. Senator ([[New York (state)|New York]])<ref name=USNews2009/>
* [[Irwin Shaw]] (1913-1984), playwright, screenwriter and novelist.<ref name=Newsday1995/>
* [[Robert Solow]] (born 192), Nobel Prize winner, economics.<ref name=Becker1994/>
* [[Frank Torre]] (born 1921), professional baseball player.<ref name="thebaseballcube1"/>
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* [[Sidney Verba]] (born 1932), political scientist.<ref>Verba, Sidney.[http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-polisci-082409-094200 A Life in Political Science] ''Annual Review of Political Science''.2011.14:i-xv.</ref>
* [[Joel Zwick]] (born 1942, class of 1958), film, television and theater director.<ref name=NYPost2010/>


== Allegations of inappropriate conduct by educators ==
== Allegations of inappropriate conduct by educators ==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 20:00, 11 June 2013

For other James Madison High Schools, see Madison High School (disambiguation).
James Madison High School
Address
Map
3787 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11229
Coordinates40°36′36″N 73°56′52″W / 40.61°N 73.9477°W / 40.61; -73.9477
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1925
PrincipalJoseph Gogliormella
Grades9 to 12
Number of students3,072
Color(s)Black & Gold
MascotKnight
NewspaperThe Moment
Websitewww.madisonhs.org

James Madison High School is a public high school located at 3787 Bedford Avenue, in the Madison section of Brooklyn, New York, and educates grades 9 through 12. It is part of Region 6 in the New York City Department of Education. The current principal is Joseph Gogliormella.

Established in 1925, James Madison has graduated four Nobel Prize winners, famous musicians, authors, sports players, and a United States Supreme Court Justice.

Following the 2008 election there are two sitting U.S. Senators, Bernard Sanders (I-VT) and Charles Schumer (D-NY), who are graduates of James Madison. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is also a graduate, as is former Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN).

Academics

James Madison High School is organized in accordance with the House system. There are eight houses, each having a Teacher Coordinator, a Guidance Counselor, and an Assistant Principal assigned to supervise and assist students.

Special programs

Most students who apply to James Madison High School have the opportunity to apply into a specific "House". The most notable houses in Madison are:

  • Law Institute: The Law Institute is designed for successful Social Studies students. In addition to being taught reasoning and communication skills, the students develop an understanding of American Legal institutions. Students in the Law House take classes/participate in activities such as Model U.N, Mock Trial, Moot Court, We The People, Legal Economics, Criminology Advanced Placement Economics[disambiguation needed]. This is by far one of Madison's most popular programs.
  • Bio-Medical Institute: The Bio-Medical Institute is generally referred to as simply, Bio-Med. In this honor program, students who are interested in the Sciences take such classes as Biology, AP Biology, Chemistry Honors, AP Chemistry, Physics Honors, Pathology,Laboratory Techniques, and Science Research. Students in this program are offered internships in health science facilities as well as the opportunity to participate in local and national science competitions.
  • Math Academy: The Math Academy has students who are given the opportunity to study mathematics and computer science. Students in this House take some of the following classes: Advanced Placement Computer Science, Advanced Placement Calculus AB and Advanced Placement Calculus BC.
  • Music House: The music house features a staff of highly qualified teachers, who serve in affording students with the opportunity to participate in courses such as: Music Technology, Jazz Band, Marching Band, String Ensemble, Orchestra, Beginning Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar, Chorus, Musical Theater Workshop, Percussion and more. The music house holds a minimum of 6 annual concert performances at the Sonia Lerner auditorium within the high school. The music program also hosts concerts outside the school building and facilitates a variety of displays of student achievement within the community.
  • The Humanities House: provides overall historical context to the program. This program offers an interdisciplinary approach to learning; it combines the best of both engligh literature and social studies.
  • Information Technology House: One of the newer houses at Madison. Known informally as the I.T. House, it is one of the only programs in NYC high schools that offers students the chance to take the Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel certification exams for free.
  • Academy of Finance

Some of the other Houses include:

  • The International House (for students of Limited English proficiency)
  • The Media Arts House
  • Madison Academy of Community and Civil Service

Classes

Special classes
Microsoft Certification
AP classes

There are many AP classes offered at James Madison High School. These classes include:

AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Economics[disambiguation needed]/AP Government
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
AP English
AP European History
AP American History
AP Computer Science
AP World History
Honor/Elective classes

Along with these AP classes, Madison offerers a wide number of Honor/elective classes. Some of these include:

Business law
Pre-Calculus
European History Honors
American History Honors
Physics Honors
Biology Honors
Chemistry Honors
Algebra2/ Trignometry Honors
World History Honors

Madison also offers a wide number of music/art electives, which students are allowed and encouraged to take.

Visions

James Madison High School will be a learning community that embodies Madison’s philosophy that, “Education is the true foundation of civil liberty.” Through an instructional program that promotes high achievement and provides equal access through motivation, academic rigor, appreciation of the strength of diversity, inquiry, scholarship a celebration of originality and the development of nobility of character, we will nurture and support a community of life long learners.

Main campus

James Madison High School is a 6 floor red brick building with many rooms.

  • Subbasement: Boiler Room and storage areas.
  • Basement: The cafeteria is located in the buildings basement.
  • 1st Floor: On the first floor Main offices such as guidance and programming are located. As is the main entrance to the theater. The Music Department is in the back on the 1st floor. The library and Swimming Pool are also located on this floor.
  • 2nd Floor: English Department, Access to Gym 1
  • 3rd Floor:Science Department, IT House, Language Department, Teachers Cafeteria access to Gym 2.
  • 4th Floor: Science Department, Math Department, Social Studies Department, Law Department.
  • 5th Floor: Science Department, Computer Repair Room, Art classes, Social Studies Department.
  • 6th Floor: Offices and Photography.
  • Athletic fields: Football Field, Soccer Field, Baseball Field, Tennis Courts, Track, Lacrosse Field, Roller Blading, and several more athletic facilities.

Clubs

James Madison High School has a number of clubs which are listed here in alphabetical order:

  • African Heritage Club


  • Attendance Committee
  • African Heritage Club
  • Art Journal
  • Art Squad
  • Attendance Committee
  • Asian Student Union
  • Baseball Club
  • Business Journal
  • Cheering Squads: Twirlers Cheerleaders Boosters
  • Chess Club
  • Christian Culture Club
  • Chinese Cultural Services
  • Club Hispanic
  • Consultative Council
  • Crochet club
  • Drama Club
  • Environmental Club
  • Executive Internship
  • Fidelitas
  • Flag Squad
  • Gay Straight Alliance
  • KEY CLUB
  • Law Journal
  • Leadership
  • Library Pagemasters
  • Lighting Squad
  • Marching Band
  • Math Team
  • Mock Trial
  • Moot Court
  • Peer Mediation
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Performing Arts Club
  • Photography Club
  • Project Gap
  • Project REACH
  • Recycling Club
  • S.A.F.E.
  • S.E.L.F.
  • Senior Council
  • Softball Club
  • Stepping Club
  • The Moment (Newspaper)
  • Science Research Club
  • S.A.V.E. Leaders Corps
  • Sing
  • Spring Musical
  • Student Government
  • NYS Science Honor Society

The End Hate Project

The End Hate Project is a campaign made up of high school and college students encouraging the reduction of bullying and discrimination within schools. Inspired by the 2010 Gay Teen Suicide Epidemic, The End Hate Project's mission is to provide a safe and welcoming environment where everyone is accepted. Whether it be race, religion, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, dress, body type (etc.), this club dedicates itself to raise awareness and provide resources for students bullied and undergoing hate activity.

Mock Trial

In May 2010, The James Madison High School Mock Trial team, became the New York State Champions, while representing their region of New York City in Albany. The team beat out about 600 schools, also competing for first place. It was Madison's second time appearing in Albany after 5 years, and their first time, actually winning. It was also the first time any New York City school, had ever won for the State. The team accomplished their victory with the help of attorneys from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, who always had a long standing solid relationship with James Madison.

Sports

Madison also offers a wide range of Boys And Girls PSAL Varsity and Junior Varsity Sports Football, Soccer, Basketball, Track and field, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming, Cross Country, Handball, and Lacrosse.

The James Madison Baseball Team is the most successful team in the school ranked fourth in the New York City PSAL and sixth including Catholic High Schools. They have been in the final four three years in a row. In 2008, the team made it to the finals but fell short. The program has put a lot of their players into college baseball and three professional players Frank Torre, Cal Abrams, Harry Eisenstat.

James Madison High School is home to a very successful Swim Team. It has won countless competitions. It is currently coached by Mr.Davis who is retired but continues to train the swim team for each winter swimming season. He was retired in 2009. Mr.Tigre is the current swimming teacher at James Madison High School and has been for 2 years now. This is one of Madison's most prosperous teams.

Extracurricular activities

SING!, a musical competition between the grades, has been a Madison tradition for over 50 years. On November 15, 2008, the Senior/Sophomore team lost to the Junior/Freshman team for the first time in 6 years, on the 60th anniversary of SING!. The SING! theme that year was “It’s Never Too Late to Change.” It is one of Madison's Most popular clubs.

Notable alumni

Distinguished alumni of James Madison High School include:[1]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dmitry Salita

Allegations of inappropriate conduct by educators

In the beginning of December 2009, it was reported that two female teachers, Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro, had been found naked in a classroom by a janitor in November, while most students had been attending a talent show elsewhere in the building. Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg stated that the teachers were reassigned pending an investigation.[24]

The following day it was reported that another teacher, 31 year-old Allison Musacchio, was having an inappropriate relationship with a male student. The school learned of the relationship in March 2009, when a female student saw that Musacchio's cell phone contained the phone number of the male student, and several text messages to and from him. School officials found over 200 phone calls and text messages to the student in the teacher's cell phone. Musacchio adamantly denied these allegations. As with Brito and Mauro, spokeswoman Margie Feinberg stated that Musacchio was reassigned pending an investigation.[25]

On January 28, 2010, it was reported that Lisa Guttilla, a 37 year-old physical education instructor, was being investigated for allegations of sexual contact with a 14 year-old female student who attends Poly Prep Country Day School. The New York City Police arrested Guttilla on January 22, 2010, charging her with sexual abuse and child endangerment. Guttilla was a part time volleyball coach at Poly Prep Country Day School, but a full time teacher at James Madison High. She was reassigned pending an investigation as was the case with the other teachers.[26]

New York Magazine points out that teachers under investigation are still being paid while in the "rubber room" to which they have been assigned in the interim.[27] Several newspaper editorials have commented on the incidents, many having taken to dubbing the school "Horndog High".[28]

References

  1. ^ The Wall of Distinction, James Madison High School Alumni Association. Accessed June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Madison (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Abruzzo, Shavana. "Judge Judy inducted with elite alums on Madison's wall of fame", New York Post, June 1, 2010. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Joining Judge Judy on the 2010 roster are late Brooklyn Dodger Cal Abrams (‘42), former US ambassador to the United Nations Herbert Okun (‘47), sportswriter Maury Allen (‘49), University of Maryland Dental School professor and pain research pioneer Dr. Ronald Dubner (‘51), historian and “dean” of presidential experts Dr. Robert Dallek (‘52), retired Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Deborah Tobias Poritz (‘54) and director Joel Zwick (‘58), whose screen and credits include “My Fat Greek Wedding,” “Laverne & Shirley” and Broadway’s “Oklahoma!”.... No small wonder when the school’s august alums include educator Stanley H. Kaplan (‘35), former American Federation of Teachers President Sandra Feldman (‘56), radio personality Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow (‘48), opera star Elaine Malbin (‘48), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ President Sidney Ganis (‘57) and Paul L. Krinsky (‘46), who served as the superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1987 to 1993, attaining the rank of rear admiral."
  4. ^ a b Fuchs, Victor R. "Nobel Laureate - Gary S. Becker: Ideas About Facts", Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 8, number 2 - Spring 1994, pp. 183-192. Accessed June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Behrens, David. "The Reunion / The Class of '35", Newsday, November 23, 1995. Accessed June 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Eskenazi, Gerald. "Keeping Offense in Protective Custody, Jets Lose to Oilers", The New York Times, August 4, 1996. Accessed June 11, 2013. "'I never left Brooklyn,' said Boatswain, who grew up there and starred at James Madison High School. Brooklyn still called to him when he joined the 49ers in 1991 and spent four seasons there, before moving on to the Eagles last year."
  7. ^ Daly, Sean. "The return of Andrew Dice ClayHow ‘Entourage’ brought him back from broke", New York Post, August 21, 2011. Accessed June 11, 2013. "The only performer to be banned for life from MTV, Andrew Clay Silverstein was raised in Brownsville and attended James Madison High School before moving to LA in 1980."
  8. ^ a b O'Shea, Jennifer L. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Norm Coleman", U.S. News & World Report, January 7, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Coleman graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn in 1966. Another future senator was there at the same time: New York's Chuck Schumer, who graduated one year later."
  9. ^ Dickson, Michael M. "Roy Albert DeMeo – Leader of the Gambino Family Murder for Hire", American Mafia History, October 18, 2012. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Roy Albert DeMeo was born on September 7, 1942 in Bath Beach Brooklyn to working class Italian immigrants. In 1959 DeMeo graduated from James Madison High School with an accomplished loan shark business bringing in hundreds of dollars each week."
  10. ^ Rock, Tom. "JETS, Ellis spreading Pride in NFL", Newsday, October 21, 2006. Accessed June 11, 2013. "He was a basketball player - small for that sport, too - when Jeffrey Ishmael, the football coach at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, saw [Devale Ellis] grab a defensive rebound, dribble the length of the court and make an acrobatic layup."
  11. ^ a b c d e Brantley, Robin. "Beverly Hills Brooklynites; A Brooklyn Evening in Beverly Hills", The New York Times, October 1, 1980. Accessed June 11, 2013.
  12. ^ Grimes, William. "David Frye, Perfectly Clear Nixon Parodist, Dies at 77", The New York Times, January 29, 2011. Accessed June 11, 2013. "David Shapiro was born in Brooklyn and attended James Madison High School there."
  13. ^ Tebbel, John Robert. " What, Me Gone?", Instant Classics, June 5, 1992. Accessed June 11, 2013. "I spoke earlier about the influence he had, and I just thought of one incident. Bill and I both, as I said, went to James Madison High School in Brooklyn."
  14. ^ a b c d e Campbell, Loriann. "Mad About Madsion 1,000 Alumni Of A Brooklyn High School, From 1927 Through 1970, Plan A South Florida Reunion.", Sun Sentinel, December 18, 1988. Accessed June 11, 2013.
  15. ^ http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-25/sports/26002021_1_owls-coach-john-chaney-temple-assistant-coach-jason-ivey "Temple Adds Two Top Scholastic Talents from alabama"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 1992. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Laster is a 6-5 swingman from Clayton High in suburban St. Louis, Mo., and Piskun is a 6-6 forward from James Madison High in New York City, the same school that produced former Penn star Ron Haigler."
  16. ^ "Carole King Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com". biography.com. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  17. ^ James E. Perone (2006). "The Words and Music of Carole King". Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  18. ^ Berkow, Ira. "Sports of The Times; He Made Music of His Own", The New York Times, March 4, 1999. Accessed June 11, 2013. "In 1939, as the star center of the undefeated city championship James Madison High School team, Fuzzy was named the outstanding schoolboy player in New York City."
  19. ^ Autobiography of Martin L. Perl, Nobel Prize. Accessed June 11, 2013. "I was sixteen when I graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn in 1942. My sister, who is now a well known writer in the United States, moved through school even faster - she graduated at fifteen and one-half."
  20. ^ via New York Post. "Chris Rock Gets Show Based on Childhood", Fox News, June 18, 2005. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Finally, after years of bullying, Rock's parents pulled him out of James Madison HS at 17. 'If we didn't, he was going to get killed,' said his mother, Rose Rock."
  21. ^ Farrell, Bill. "A NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS The 73rd Daily News Golden Gloves", Daily News (New York), April 28, 2000. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Dmitry Salita, 17 Starrett City BC: A two-time Metro champion, this senior at Brooklyn's James Madison H.S. is boxing in his first Golden Gloves."
  22. ^ About Bernie, Bernie Sanders. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Education: James Madison High School, Brooklyn NY; University of Chicago, B.A. 1964"
  23. ^ Verba, Sidney.A Life in Political Science Annual Review of Political Science.2011.14:i-xv.
  24. ^ Brosh, Brendan; Jackson, Joe; Boyle, Christina (December 9, 2009). "Language teachers Alini Brito, Cindy Mauro caught by janitor having naked romp in HS classroom". Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  25. ^ Jackson, Joe; Brosh, Brendan; Boyle, Christina (December 10, 2009). "'Horndog High' scandal heats up: Allison Musacchio joins nude teachers Mauro, Brito in hot water". Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  26. ^ Karoliszyn, Henrick; Boyle, Christina (January 28, 2009). "Another 'Horndog High' sex charge: Teacher Lisa Guttilla arrested for feeling up 14-year-old girl". Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  27. ^ Rovzar, Chris (January 28, 2009). "Scary Cougar Teachers at James Madison Still on the Prowl". New York. New York Media Holdings. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  28. ^ Weinstein, Steve (January 28, 2009). "Another Lesbian Scandal at 'Horndog High'". EDGE. EDGE Publications. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
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