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3787 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn , NY 11229 Phone: (718) 758-7200 Fax: (718) 758-7341 Website Map |
Principal: Joseph A. Gogliormella Parent Coordinator: Laraine Izzo (347) 563-4610 |
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WHAT'S SPECIAL: Solid academics, plus a wide array of sports teams and elective courses. DOWNSIDE: Overcrowding means split sessions and few spots for those from outside the neighborhood. |
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Grade levels: 9 to 12 Class size: 34 Enrollment: 3318 Ethnicity %: 43 W; 23 B; 16 H; 18 A |
4 year graduation rate: 66.0% |
District 22 HS Supt: Linda Waite Admissions: neighborhood school/small ed opt programs Neighborhood: Midwood More school data |
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One of the 3Ms of Brooklyn, along with Midwood and Murrow, Madison High School occupies two city blocks and houses 4,000 students. There is no denying that it is huge, but it also works. Some 85% of graduates go on to four-year colleges. When the new principal, Joseph Gogliormella, arrived in the spring of 2003, teachers greeted him with a standing ovation. A popular English teacher at Madison for 15 years, he returned after a stint as assistant principal at New Utrecht High School, where he founded a literacy program that has. . .  |
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(student) Feb 25, 2010 |
The review for James Madison is so outdated. The 'chalk and talk' lectures? Yes, they've been instated into our curriculum. No journals are kept for science. Math, depends on which teachers you... read more |
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| Jun 16, 2006 | A student writes that she feels safer because of the metal detectors, even "if [they] are a hassle sometimes." She adds that the teachers in the honors program are "willing to help you in any way... read more | |
| Jul 6, 2005 | Apathetic students will not do well at James Madison, warns former student Jia Yee. "The teachers don't really care about the student if the student doesn't care about their own education."... read more | |
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| This page was last updated on Feb 25, 2010. |
