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James Monroe High School (Virginia)
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James Monroe High School is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia
. It is a four-year public high school in the Fredericksburg City Schools system. The school is named after James Monroe
. The current school building opened to students in September 2006. James Monroe is well known in its region for its football
, field hockey
, academic
, tennis, basketball, cross-country running, golf and other various athletic and competitive teams, as well as its band and blue-ribbon orchestra. James Monroe High School is part of the VHSL AA Battlefield District
.
James Monroe High School is fully accredited by the Virginia State Department of Education.
, who had his law office in the city from 1786-89.
The second James Monroe High School building was constructed in 1952, and a wing was added in 1959. From 1981-83, a large renovation project modernized the entire building, and another wing was added. The Arthur H. Schwartz Memorial Athletic Complex was constructed during 1985-86, providing a new track, tennis courts, and a baseball field.
Up until 2005, Fredericksburg City Public Schools used an unusual system of grade levels and schools. James Monroe High School carried 8th through 12th grades. However, the construction of a new upper elementary school in the school district in 2005 allowed for the system to become standardized. The class of 2009 was the last eighth grade class of James Monroe High School.
The second high school was demolished in June through August 2006. The new replacement high school began construction in June 2004. It opened August 2006, and is built in the back of the second high school. The Class of 2010 was the first graduating class to go through all four years at the third JMHS.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia located south of Washington, D.C., and north of Richmond. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,286...
. It is a four-year public high school in the Fredericksburg City Schools system. The school is named after James Monroe
James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
. The current school building opened to students in September 2006. James Monroe is well known in its region for its football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, academic
Quizbowl
Quiz bowl is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge that is commonly played by students enrolled in high school or college, although some participants begin in middle or even elementary school...
, tennis, basketball, cross-country running, golf and other various athletic and competitive teams, as well as its band and blue-ribbon orchestra. James Monroe High School is part of the VHSL AA Battlefield District
AA Battlefield District
The AA Battlefield District is one of the three districts of AA Region I of the Virginia High School League which consists of schools in Fredericksburg and surrounding area. Most of the schools in the district are in Spotsylvania County, which is one of fastest growing counties in Virginia...
.
James Monroe High School is fully accredited by the Virginia State Department of Education.
History
Fredericksburg, Virginia has had education available to the public since 1870. However, the first four-year high school was not organized until 1908, with the first class graduating in 1911. Opened in 1920, the building now known as Maury School was Fredericksburg's first real high school. It was originally called Fredericksburg High School, but in 1939, this name was changed to honor the nation's fifth president, James MonroeJames Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
, who had his law office in the city from 1786-89.
The second James Monroe High School building was constructed in 1952, and a wing was added in 1959. From 1981-83, a large renovation project modernized the entire building, and another wing was added. The Arthur H. Schwartz Memorial Athletic Complex was constructed during 1985-86, providing a new track, tennis courts, and a baseball field.
Up until 2005, Fredericksburg City Public Schools used an unusual system of grade levels and schools. James Monroe High School carried 8th through 12th grades. However, the construction of a new upper elementary school in the school district in 2005 allowed for the system to become standardized. The class of 2009 was the last eighth grade class of James Monroe High School.
VHSL State Championships
- 2009 Academic Quiz Team
- 2008 FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- 2005 Academic Quiz Team
- 2003 Boys' tennis
- 2002 Boys' tennis
- 1997 Girls Gymnastics Individual State Champion (GIllian Cote)
- 1996 Football
- 1987 Football
- 1986 Football
- 1972 Boys' Basketball
Alumni
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