John Marshall High School (Wisconsin)
| Morse Marshall High School | |
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| Location | |
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4141 North 64th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53216 United States | |
| Coordinates | 43°05′35″N 87°59′36″W / 43.093095°N 87.993317°WCoordinates: 43°05′35″N 87°59′36″W / 43.093095°N 87.993317°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Milwaukee School District |
| Faculty | 50 |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,359 (2014-2015) |
| Color(s) | |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Website | Official Website |
John Marshall High School is a public high school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States). John Marshall is part of the Milwaukee Public School system. Formerly a junior-senior high school, the 7th and 8th grades were dropped in 1979 to expand the growing senior high.[1] Recently, the school was redesigned into three divisions: Marshall Montessori IB High School, High School of Sports Education and Employment, and Foster & Williams Visual Communication Campus. As of 2009, the school merged with Samuel Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented to form Samuel J. Morse ● John Marshall School for the Gifted & Talented.
Athletics
The school's mascot is the Eagles and the colors are Columbia Blue and Scarlet. The Marshall Eagles have several sports teams including:[2]
Demographics
John Marshall High School is:
- 8.2% White, 99 students
- 77.1% Black, 926 students
- 8.7% Asian/Pacific Islander, 105 students
- 5.8% Hispanic, 70 students
- 0.1% Am. Indian/Alaska Native, 1 student
Notable graduates
- Mandela Barnes, Democratic State Representative of Wisconsin's 11th Assembly District
- David Berger - Wisconsin State Senator[3]
- David Cullen, Wisconsin Assemblyman and county supervisor
- Floyd Heard - Olympic sprinter[4]
- Derrick Jackson - Boston Globe columnist and 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist[5]
- Warren Kozak - writer and journalist [6]
- Mona Sutphen - lobbyist, foreign service officer and White House aide under Clinton and Obama[7]
- George Tillman, Jr. - filmmaker and television producer[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.marshall78.com/alumniassoc.htm#history
- ↑ Wiaawi.org
- ↑ "Berger, David G 1946" Wisconsin Historical Society
- ↑ "Floyd Heard" USA Track & Field
- ↑ Sensat Waldren, Julie. "Where I’m From: Oprah, Frank Caliendo, Gene Wilder, Tony Romo. 30 celebrities remember growing up here" Milwaukee Magazine August 25, 2008
- ↑ Kozak, Warren. "A Parent's Education: The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative" Wisconsin Interest Volume 19, No. 1 (March, 2010)
- ↑ Associated Press "Illinois/Wisconsin Briefs: Sutphen to play role in administration" Dubuque Telegraph Herald November 30, 2008.
- ↑ Causey, James E. "Filmmaker focuses on black experience" Milwaukee Sentinel June 22, 1992