John Marshall High School (Wisconsin)
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. 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.
Incidents
In August 2021 the school announced new safety measures after several days of cars driving on sidewalks and lawns at dismissal time.
Athletics
The school's mascot is the Eagles and the colors are Columbia Blue and Scarlet. The Marshall Eagles have several sports teams including:
The boys cross country team won a state championship in 1970.
Demographics
John Marshall High School's demographics as of 2017–2018 were:
- 0.1% Native American/Alaska Native, 1 student
- 6.2% Asian, 50 students
- 85.0% Black, 681 students
- 2.6% Hispanic, 21 students
- 0% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0 students
- 4.5% White, 36 students
- 1.5% Two or more race, 12 students
Notable graduates
- Michael J. Barber, engineer and Chief Diversity Officer of General Electric
- Mandela Barnes, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, former state legislator
- David Berger, Wisconsin state senator
- David Cullen, Wisconsin state representative and county supervisor
- Floyd Heard, Olympic sprinter
- Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe columnist and 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist
- Warren Kozak, writer and journalist
- Shirley Krug, Wisconsin state representative, first woman to become a Democratic Party floor leader in the Wisconsin Legislature
- Mona Sutphen, lobbyist, foreign service officer and White House aide under Clinton and Obama
- Mike Taylor, NBA Player
- George Tillman Jr., filmmaker and television producer
- Sheldon Wasserman, Wisconsin state legislator and physician
References
- ^ "Marshall High". School Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ "Marshall Alumni Association". www.marshall78.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14.
- ^ Hughes, Elliot. "Video shows stolen car driving on Milwaukee high school lawn, weaving between students". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "Athletics", John Marshall High School
- ^ 2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program. Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. November 2, 2019. p. 27.
- ^ "The Big Picture: As GE Turns 129 Today, One Business Looks All The Way Back And Into The Future | GE News". www.ge.com. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- ^ "Berger, David G 1946" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived December 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kozak, Warren. "A Parent's Education: The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative" Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Wisconsin Interest Volume 19, No. 1 (March 2010)
- ^ Associated Press "Illinois/Wisconsin Briefs: Sutphen to play role in administration Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine" Dubuque Telegraph Herald November 30, 2008.
- ^ Causey, James E. "Filmmaker focuses on black experience" Milwaukee Sentinel June 22, 1992
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