James Madison High School is a public high school located at 3787 Bedford Avenue, in the Madison section

Madison, Brooklyn

Madison is a purely residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Named after its own James Madison High School, it is nestled just east of Homecrest and south of Midwood. Its borders are Kings Highway to the north, Avenue U to the south, Ocean Avenue to the west, and Nostrand...

 of Brooklyn, New York, and educates grades 9 through 12. It is part of Region 6 in the New York City Department of Education

New York City Department of Education

The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. It is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,700 separate schools...

. The current principal is Joseph Gogliormella.

Built over 75 years ago, James Madison has graduated four Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...

 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

Charles Schumer

Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer is the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. He was easily re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a...

 (D-NY), who are graduates of James Madison. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...

 is also a graduate, as is former Senator Norm Coleman

Norm Coleman

Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr. is an American attorney and politician. He was a United States senator from Minnesota from 2003 to 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a senator, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1994 to 2002...

 (R-MN).

Academics

James Madison High School is organized in accordance with the House system

House system

The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...

. 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
  Economics
  Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
  
  , Criminology
  Criminology
  Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
  
   Advanced Placement Economics. 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
  Biology
  Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
  
  , AP Biology
  AP Biology
  In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
  
  , Chemistry Honors, AP Chemistry
  AP Chemistry
  Advanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...
  
  , Physics Honors, Pathology
  Pathology
  Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
  
  ,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
  Microsoft Word
  Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
  
   and Microsoft Excel
  Microsoft Excel
  Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...
  
   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 Chemistry

Advanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...

AP Biology

AP Biology

In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....

AP Economics

AP Economics

Advanced Placement Economics consists of two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.*AP Macroeconomics*AP Microeconomics...

/AP Government

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC

AP Statistics

AP Statistics

Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...

AP Spanish

AP Spanish Language

Advanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...

AP English

AP English Language and Composition

Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....

AP European History

AP European History

Advanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...

AP American History

AP Computer Science

AP Computer Science

Advanced Placement Computer Science is the name of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course...

AP World History

AP World History

Advanced Placement World History is a college-level course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts and interactions between different types of Human societies...

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

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 Honors

Biology

Biology

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...

 Honors

Chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....

 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.

Schedules

Official Schedule

Period Time

1 7:20-8:06 (46)

2 8:10-8:56 (46)

3 9:00-9:48 (48)

4 9:52-10:38 (46)

5 10:42-11:28 (46)

6 11:32-12:18 (46)

7 12:22-1:08 (46)

8 1:12-1:58 (46)

9 2:02-2:48 (46)

Main Building/Campus

James Madison High School is a 6 floor red brick building at 3787 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11229 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.
Field: 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

Akiva Jewish Culture club
Art Journal
Art Squad
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
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 spectacular achievement 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

PSAL

The Public Schools Athletic League, known by the acronym PSAL, is an organization that promotes student athletics in the public schools of New York City. It was founded in 1903 to provide and maintain a sports program for students enrolled in New York City public schools. The PSAL serves both boys...

 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

PSAL

The Public Schools Athletic League, known by the acronym PSAL, is an organization that promotes student athletics in the public schools of New York City. It was founded in 1903 to provide and maintain a sports program for students enrolled in New York City public schools. The PSAL serves both boys...

 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

Frank Torre

Frank Joseph Torre is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. Torre, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies...

, Cal Abrams

Cal Abrams

Calvin Ross Abrams , nicknamed Abie, was an American left-handed Major League Baseball player.-Baseball career:...

, Harry Eisenstat

Harry Eisenstat

Harry Eisenstat was a Major League Baseball player who played from 1935 to 1942.-Early life:He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York.-Career:...

.

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!

SING!

SING! is an annual student-run musical production put on by some high schools in the Greater New York City area. It is a theater competition between the various grades, with the setup between grades differing from school to school SING! is an annual student-run musical production put on by some...

, a musical competition between the grades, has been a Madison tradition for over 50 years. On November 15, 2008, the Senior

Senior (education)

Senior is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the 4th year of study .-High school:...

/Sophomore

Sophomore

Sophomore is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the second year of study at high school or university.The word is also used as a synonym for "second", for the second album or EP released by a musician or group, the second movie of a director, or the second season of a...

 team lost to the Junior

Junior (education)

"Junior" is a term used in the United States to describe a student in their 3rd year of study . A Junior is considered an upperclassman...

/Freshman

Freshman

A freshman or fresher is a first-year student in secondary school, high school, or college. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves A freshman (US) or fresher (UK, India) (or sometimes fish, freshie, fresher; slang plural frosh or freshmeat) is a...

 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:

• Cal Abrams
  Cal Abrams
  Calvin Ross Abrams , nicknamed Abie, was an American left-handed Major League Baseball player.-Baseball career:...
  
  , Major League Baseball player
• Gary Becker
  Gary Becker
  Gary Stanley Becker is an American economist. He is a professor of economics, sociology at the University of Chicago and a professor at the Booth School of Business. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992, and received the United States' Presidential Medal of Freedom...
  
  , Nobel Prize Winner, Economics
• Harry Boatswain
  Harry Boatswain
  Harry Boatswain is a former professional American football player who played Offensive Tackle for five seasons for the San Francisco 49ers , Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Jets. Harry graduated from UNH with degrees in both marketing and business administration. He is also a professional wrestler...
  
  , Professional Football player
• Andrew Dice Clay
  Andrew Dice Clay
  Andrew Dice Clay is an American comedian and actor who played the lead role in the film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.Clay has been in several movies and has released a number of stand-up albums...
  
   (born Andrew Clay Silverstein), Comedian
• Stanley Cohen
  Stanley Cohen
  Stan Cohen may refer to:* Stanley Cohen , American Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine* Stan Cohen , British Labour politician...
  
   Nobel Prize Winner, Medicine
• Norm Coleman
  Norm Coleman
  Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr. is an American attorney and politician. He was a United States senator from Minnesota from 2003 to 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a senator, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1994 to 2002...
  
  , Senator (Republican of Minnesota
  Minnesota
  Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
  
  )
• Roy Albert DeMeo, mobster
• Harry Eisenstat
  Harry Eisenstat
  Harry Eisenstat was a Major League Baseball player who played from 1935 to 1942.-Early life:He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York.-Career:...
  
  , Major League Baseball Player
• Devale Ellis
  Devale Ellis
  Devale Ellis is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2006...
  
  , Professional Football Player
• Norman Finkelstein
  Norman Finkelstein
  Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University...
  
  , American political scientist and writer
• Martin Perl, Nobel Prize Winner, Physics
• Sonny Fox
  Sonny Fox
  Irwin "Sonny" Fox is an American television host, executive and broadcasting consultant, who was the fourth full-time host of the children's television program, Wonderama.-Biography:...
  
  , TV Personality
• David Frye
  David Frye
  David Frye was an American comedian, specializing in comic imitations of famous political figures, most of which were based on notable Americans including, former U.S. Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard M...
  
   (born David Shapiro), Comedian
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...
  
  , Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Marty Glickman
  Marty Glickman
  Martin "Marty" Glickman was a Jewish American track and field athlete and sports announcer, born in The Bronx, New York. His parents, Harry and Molly Glickmann, immigrated to the United States from Jassy, Romania....
  
  , Olympian and broadcaster
• Judge Judy
  Judge Judy
  Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
  
   Judith Sheindlin
  Judith Sheindlin
  Judith Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, is an American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author. Since 1996, Sheindlin has presided over her own syndicated courtroom show, Judge Judy, and is well known for her no-nonsense legal style and powerful personality, sharpness, and quick...
  
  , Television Personality
• Carole King
  Carole King
  Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
  
   (born Carol Klein), Singer And Songwriter
• Rudy LaRusso
  Rudy LaRusso
  Rudolph "Rudy" A. LaRusso was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star.-Early life:He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn...
  
  , 5-time All-Star NBA basketball player
• Andrew Levane
  Andrew Levane
  Andrew Joseph Levane is a former basketball player and coach. A 6'2" guard, he played collegiately at St. John's University. He spent three years in the NBA and its predecessor league, the Basketball Association of America, playing for the Rochester Royals, the Syracuse Nationals and the...
  
  , Professional Basketball Player
• Chris Rock
  Chris Rock
  Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...
  
  , Comedian and Actor (withdrew before graduation)
• Dmitriy Salita, Professional boxer
• Bernard Sanders, Senator, (Independent of Vermont
  Vermont
  Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
  
  )
• Ted Schreiber
  Ted Schreiber
  Theodore Henry Schreiber is a retired American professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball — largely as a third baseman — with the New York Mets, batting .160 with no extra base hits in 50 at-bats, with two runs batted in...
  
  , major league baseball player
• Charles Schumer
  Charles Schumer
  Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer is the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. He was easily re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a...
  
  , U.S. senator (New York)
• Robert Solow
  Robert Solow
  Robert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him...
  
  , Nobel Prize Winner, Economics
• Frank Torre
  Frank Torre
  Frank Joseph Torre is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. Torre, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  , Professional baseball player

Student Body

Total Student Population – 3,072

Female – 1,413 = 46.00%

Male – 1,659 = 54.00%

English Language Learners (ELL)

ELL – 410 = 13.35%

Special Education

General Ed – 2,705 = 88.05%

Least Restrictive Environment – 210 = 6.84%

Most Restrictive Environment – 157 = 5.11%

Ethnicity

American Indian – 5 = 0.17%

Asian / Pac. Islan. – 625 = 16%

Hispanic – 576 = 14.80%

Black – 1,041 = 26.75%

White – 1,628 = 41.83%

Not Reported – 17 = 0.44%

Administrative Faculty

Mr.T Engelson, IT, Art Depart
Mr.Mahl
Mr. Edelman, English Department
Ms. Goldschmidt, Social Studies Department
Mr. Inoa, Science Dept. / Technology Dept.
Mr. Intravaia, Foreign Language Department
Ms. James, Foreign Language / ESL Dept.
Ms. Wayne, E2, English Department
Mr. Clarke, Math Dept
Mrs. Weinstock, Science Department
Ms. Wayne, EET Class, English Department

External links

• James Madison High School
• James Madison High School Jewish Culture Club