Madison High School (Middletown, Ohio)

Madison Jr./Sr. High School
Madison Jr./Sr. High School
Address
5797 West Alexandria Road
Middletown, Ohio
(Madison Township) Middletown, (Butler County), Ohio 45042
United States
Coordinates 39°32′2″N 84°26′35″W / 39.53389°N 84.44306°W / 39.53389; -84.44306 (Madison Jr./Sr. High School)Coordinates: 39°32′2″N 84°26′35″W / 39.53389°N 84.44306°W / 39.53389; -84.44306 (Madison Jr./Sr. High School)
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Motto "Achieving excellence one student at a time!" & "It's good to be a Mohawk!"
School district Madison Local School District
President David French
Dean Jeff Rippl
Principal Justin Smith
Grades K-12
Enrollment 1500+
Color(s) Red, Black and White[1]             
Athletics conference Southwestern Buckeye League[1]
Sports Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Basketball, Golf, Track & field, Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Wrestling, and Marching Band
Mascot Mohawk
Team name Mohawks[1]
Rival Preble Shawnee, Carisle Indians
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
Website http://www.madisonmohawks.org

Madison Junior-Senior High School is a public high school near Middletown, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Madison Local Schools district. The school colors are red, black and white.

Madison's sports teams, known as the Mohawks, participated in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference from 1979 until 1984,[3] when the school left for the Southwestern Buckeye League's Buckeye Division, which consists of smaller schools.

Background

The Madison High School (Grades 9-12) was recognized in the National Rankings of US News Best U.S. High Schools in 2018 and earned a bronze medal.[4] It is ranked a 6/10 on the Great!Schools website.[5]

Shooting

On February 29, 2016, four students were injured during a shooting in the school's cafeteria.[6] The shooter fled the scene, but was later arrested and charged as an adult with four counts of attempted murder and one count of inducing panic.[7][8] On June 6, the shooter was sentenced to six years in juvenile detention.[9] The victims' families later filed a lawsuit against him, his family, and the state, alleging that the shooter's parents entrusted him with the gun used in the shooting, and that the weapon was registered to another relative who failed to properly secure it.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  2. ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  3. ↑ "History". Fort Ancient Valley Conference. 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  4. ↑ Education, U.S. News (2018). "Madison High School". US News.
  5. ↑ "Explore Madison High School in Middletown, OH". GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Two Students Shot at Madison High School in Ohio". NBC News. February 29, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Possible motive revealed in Madison High School shooting". WLWT. April 29, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Madison School shooter receives 6 years". WDTN. June 6, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Families of Madison Jr./Sr. High School shooting victims file suit". WDTN. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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