John Marshall High School (Wisconsin) Explained
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.[2] 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.[3]
Athletics
The school's mascot is the Eagles and the colors are Columbia Blue and Scarlet. The Marshall Eagles have several sports teams including:[4]
The boys cross country team won a state championship in 1970.[5]
Demographics
John Marshall High School's demographics as of 2017–2018 were:[1]
- 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
- Mandela Barnes, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, former state legislator
- David Berger, Wisconsin state senator[6]
- David Cullen, Wisconsin state representative and county supervisor
- Floyd Heard, Olympic sprinter[7]
- Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe columnist and 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist[8]
- Warren Kozak, writer and journalist [9]
- 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[10]
- George Tillman Jr., filmmaker and television producer[11]
- Mike Taylor, NBA Player
- Michael J. Barber, engineer and Chief Diversity Officer of General Electric[12]
Notes and References
- Web site: Marshall High . School Directory Information . National Center for Education Statistics . 15 January 2021.
- Web site: Marshall Alumni Association . www.marshall78.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314233516/http://marshall78.com/alumniassoc.htm . 2008-03-14.
- Web site: Hughes . Elliot . Video shows stolen car driving on Milwaukee high school lawn, weaving between students . 2024-06-14 . Journal Sentinel . en-US.
- http://www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/school/marshall/athletics/ "Athletics"
- Book: 2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program . November 2, 2019 . . Wisconsin Rapids, WI . 27.
- http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2905&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=B "Berger, David G 1946"
- http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2001/Heard_Floyd.asp "Floyd Heard"
- http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/currentIssue/full_feature_story.asp?NewMessageID=22106 Sensat Waldren, Julie. "Where I’m From: Oprah, Frank Caliendo, Gene Wilder, Tony Romo. 30 celebrities remember growing up here"
- http://www.wpri.org/WIInterest/Vol19No1/Kozak19.1.html Kozak, Warren. "A Parent's Education: The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative"
- [Associated Press]
- Causey, James E. "Filmmaker focuses on black experience" Milwaukee Sentinel June 22, 1992
- Web site: The Big Picture: As GE Turns 129 Today, One Business Looks All The Way Back And Into The Future GE News . 2023-02-25 . www.ge.com . en.
