| Number of Schools Managed |
5 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
2,227 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$33,277,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$33,073,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$14,943 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$14,851 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
81% |
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- For schools with a similar name, see Madison High School.
- Madison High School is a 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.
- The school was the 35th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 48th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
- Madison High School offers five World Languages (Spanish, French, German, & Italian, as well as new in the 2009-2010 school year, Mandarin), in addition to a full array of academic majors in English, History, Mathematics and Science. Seventeen Advanced Placement Program courses offered include AP English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition, AP United States History, AP European History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Spanish Language, AP French Language, AP German Language, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Environmental Science, and AP Music Theory.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 778 students and 55.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0. Over 90% of the district's graduates move on to a four-year or two-year college or enter the military.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Greg Robertson - Principal
- John Connolly - Dean of Students
- Josef Mengele - Medical Director
- Athletics
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Madison High School offers dozens of clubs and 23 interscholastic sports, and competed in the Suburban Division of the Northern Hills Conference before the realignment of the conferences by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The school offers the Personal Development Program in addition to the Peer Group Connections 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.
- In 2003, the field hockey 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.
- In 2007, the field hockey team won the North II, Group II state sectional championship with a 4-2 win over Hackettstown High School (which like Madison, is now part of the new Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference) in the tournament final.
- Plagiarism Scandal
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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. 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."
- Notable alumni
- Helena Antonaccio (born 1949), Playboy Playmate in June 1969.
- Dean Faiello (born 1959), who pleaded guilty to murdering and burying Maria Cruz under his Staten Island house after performing illegal plastic surgery on her, was a 1977 graduate of MHS and president of the National Honor's Society.
- Janeane Garofalo (born 1964), comedian and actress attended, but did not graduate from Madison High School.
- Vincent Larusso (born 1978), actor best known for his roles as "Adam Banks" from The Mighty Ducks trilogy.
- Neil O'Donnell (born 1966), quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, and New York Jets.
- Patrick S. Jeffrey (born 1965), a retired diver who competed for the US at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1988 Jeffrey won every diving event (one-meter, three-meter, platform) at the 1988 NCAA Championships and was named NCAA Diver of the Year. He has served as the U.S. Olympic Team Coach at the Sydney Olympics, the USA Senior World Cup Team Coach in 1997 and 1999, and the Senior National Team Coach from 1997-00. Currently a diving coach at Florida State University.[1].
- Eddie Trunk (born 1964), heavy metal radio host.
- External links
- Madison High School webpages
- Official site of Madison Public Schools
- Data for the Madison Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Melissa Elias on famousplagiarists.com
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