Madison Park Technical Vocational High School

Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
Location
75 Malcolm X Boulevard
Roxbury, Massachusetts 02120
United States
Coordinates 42°19′54″N 71°05′23″W / 42.33167°N 71.08972°W / 42.33167; -71.08972Coordinates: 42°19′54″N 71°05′23″W / 42.33167°N 71.08972°W / 42.33167; -71.08972
Information
Type Public
Established 1977[1]
School district Boston Public Schools
NCES School ID 250279000282[2]
Faculty 125.94 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades 9 to 12
Years offered 1975 - Present
Enrollment 903[2][3] (2015-16)
Student to teacher ratio 10.00:1[2]
Color(s)

Red & Silver         

Previous Colors: Burgundy & Gray / Maroon & Gray
Slogan

MP Love, Pride, Spirit & Unity

"Break Down, Stay Down"
Mascot Cardinals
Website www.madisonparkhs.org
The front exterior of Madison Park High School in Roxbury

Madison Park Technical Vocational High School is a public vocational technical high school located in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only technical vocational high school located in within the city of Boston. It is part of Boston Public Schools.

Madison Park is a large school with an enrollment of approximately 1,000 students from grades 9-12.[2]

Madison Park is renowned for their powerful boys' basketball program, which is one of the most successful programs in the state.

Academics

Grade 9

Students are enrolled into their freshman academic year where they take exploratory vocational career trials by semester. By the end of the school year students make the choice of what certification program they will major in for the remainder of the Sophomore year to Senior Year.

The School also provides English as a Secondary Language (ESL), for students of bilingual origin for all grades.

Vocational Programs

Grades 10 - 12

Madison Park High has Vocational Training courses split into 2 Academies, according to their career:

Communications, Health Hospitality and Technology Academy Civic Infrastructure Academy
Cosmetology Automotive Collision and Repair
Culinary Arts Automotive Technology
Dental Assisting Carpentry
Design & Visual Communications Electrical
Graphic Communications Facilities Management
Health Assisting Metal Fabrication
Hospitality Plumbing
Information Support Systems & Networking Sheet Metal
Marketing
Medical Assisting
Printing
Television Production

Students study their vocational courses on a week in - week out bi-weekly schedule. Academics on one week, followed by Vocational Study the next week. The main educational academics (i.e.: Math, English, Science etc.). may also be taught during a vocational week in the event that vocation courses did not carry majority of the school day. During commencement exercises, graduates are awarded training certifications along with their diploma. The certification granted them the possibility of going on to work study / internships of their vocational related field. In the past, 12th graders in their final term who completed academic courses before the vocation course could not receive a vocation certification unless they completed their vocational study and the same for finishing vocational study first before the academic, this at times in the past made it a 5-Year school under circumstances.

Previous names of Academies & Careers were:

  • Construction Design & Transportation Academy
  • Health and Human Services Academy
  • High Tech Academy
  • Roland Hayes Division of Music[4]

The school originally had a music annex in the late 70's which students had to commute Downtown Boston for courses. In the 90s the school would be eventually added behind the Roxbury school campus and was named Roland Hayes School of Music after musician Roland Hayes. The school of music was joined with their neighboring school, John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science, which students of both schools shared classes and held concerts and talent showcases. Students enrolled in the division also had the choice to choose their career path in music, taking 2 classes of their choice per year. Music was pronounced as a vocation with Madison Park High School, however did not qualify as a certification course. The Music division became ruled out from Madison Park's vocational line up in 2006 and since has only been occupied by the O'Bryant school.

Previous Music Division course of study:

  • Piano (Organ, Electric)
  • Wind Band (Flutes, Saxophones, Clarinets)
  • Bass (Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Violin)
  • Percussion (Drums, Xylophones)
  • Vocal / Choral Performance
  • Music Production / Note Study - added 3 years before the school's vocational cancellation

Athletic Programs

There are multiple sports teams that students can participate in throughout the year with the required actions. A Student must possess a 1.67 GPA while maintaining their school attendance higher than 93%. A updated documentation of physical examination is also required.

SPORTS

FALL WINTER SPRING
Boys’ Soccer Boys’ Basketball Boys’ Volleyball
Girls’ Soccer Girls’ Basketball Girls’ Volleyball
Girls’ Volleyball Ice Hockey Track & Field
Football Indoor Track Baseball
Cheerleading Swimming
Cross Country -Track

MARINE CORPS. JROTC

At the beginning of the school year, students have the option of taking Marine Corps JROTC in place of the course Physical Education (PE). Recruits are educated in the Marines' history and train their fitness skills as well as learn life skills. Throughout the year JROTC participates in parades and competitions as well as serve their communities around the city.

School Campus

Madison Park's campus covers a large acre sharing surrounding buildings around Malcolm X. Boulevard: John D O'Bryant School, Reggie Lewis Track Athletic Center, Roland Hayes School of Music (which is behind the school). It also has a restored Football Field, Track and Field, Baseball/Soccer Field and Tennis Court surrounding Ruggles Street behind the school. A huge parking lot entering from Tremont Street, shared with Whittier Health Center. The Gymnasium / Community Center is also behind the school and can be also accessed from inside the school. Nearby schools are the Timilty middle School and Roxbury Community College.

The interior of the main school is 4 floors (basement included) which structure is similar to a shopping mall, including a school-based restaurant where teachers, staff and other community boards dine in as students from the vocation of Culinary Arts prepares foods. There are open spaces for automobiles, plumbing, sheet metal and carpentry shops which are used for students to train, build and fix. The school also has a school based health clinic with nurses and counselors on site as well as a daycare center also used for training for students. More training rooms include a television studio, hair salon, kitchen, science lab, print shop, and closed spaces for electrical wiring, The Freshman Academy is separate from the main vocational area and has a total of 4 small shared cafeterias, 2 for each floor. A school library is located in the freshman building.

The gymnasium building has 2 gyms. The large gym is the home of the Madison Park Cardinals. It can hold up to 1,000 individuals with 2 sides of bleachers facing each other, The basketball court was recently named after the school's legendary Head coach Dennis Wilson in 2015. The smaller gym is occupied by The O'Bryant school. There is a 3-area swimming pool arena designed with bleachers on the upper mezzanine and lower-level basement floor of the gym building. Locker Rooms on the mezzanine level that lead to the pool. A dance studio on the lower level basement.

The school is wheelchair accessible, equipped with elevators.

School Tradition

Since the 1980s, the school has always carried its motto as "MP Family". Their slogan created by Coach Dennis Wilson is MP Pride, MP Unity, MP Love and MP Spirit. Coach Wilson was once a basketball player for Madison Park and keeps the school legacy alive by pumping up the students and sports team daily. The school's call and response 'chant' became very popular and is repeated through games, rallies, graduations and carried through students and alumni away from the school,

"(ALL SHOUT OUT: "M.P.") "COACH "who are we?", (STUDENTS "MP!!!)", "who's got the spirit" (MP) "who's number one?" (MP) "second to none" (MP) "who's the best?" (MP) than the rest (MP) [the chant continues with added elements and finishes off with holding the cardinals at attention] COACH: YEAH? (STUDENTS: YEAH!!!) YEAH? (YEAH!!!) "BREAKDOWN ("Cardinals") "BREAKDOWN" (Cardinals) "STAY DOWN" [Students end with a roaring cheer] (CARRRRRDINAAAALS)" COACH [ends with] "You got that right!!!"

a shorter version is also chanted with "We got what kind a pride?" (MP Pride), "What kind of spirit?" (MP Spirit) [etc with UNITY, LOVE & FAMILY].

The Sports teams won many championships over the course of years and the cheer-leading squad has held and maintain an undefeated championship in the 2000s in the city's annual "BIV 10 Battle of the Cheerleaders", hosted by New Edition & Bell Biv Devoe member Mike Bivins.

In the 1990s the music program from Roland Hayes School of Music has appeared in many concerts around the city and state, and performing home concerts. They also performed for the Mayor of Boston.

Madison Park High is also known for the students fashion statement during the 80s into the 2000s with the school holding a reputation called "Fashion High" along with their creativity in performance art even if they weren't part of the Music Program. In the late 90s, the organization Teen Empowerment, which also resided in the building at the time, held annual talent showcases which solidified up and coming students who were artist on the rise. Many talented students went on to become entertainers by their own right and students in their vocational field went on to become Doctors, Nurses, Engineers, Mechanics, Television Producers, Graphic Designers, etc.

Notable alumni

In Media

Throughout the years, Madison Park has made headline news various times, whether it was small local news or documentaries:

  • WGBH Network - Basic Black: Eye on Education Series (episode #3104) "High Stakes at Madison Park" (2000). | The documentary follows 3 Freshman students who are faced with challenges to pass the city's newly required MCAS standardize exam in order to graduate in their coming 2003 senior year. They would be the first graduating class to take the test.
  • ABC Network "Boston 24/7" (2002) - Season 1, Episode 2. | A show centering civil servants who help Boston communities while on the job. This particular episode focused on the previous acting Headmaster, Mr. Charles McAfee, as he deals with the pressures of managing the high school through different obstacles of the school day. [15][16]
  • ESPN Classic Network - "PUSH: Madison vs. Madison" (2012) | A sports documentary chronicling the highs and lows of Madison Park High School's Basketball team coached by Dennis Wilson, a well respected Coach, Mentor and Teacher at the high school. He challenges to keep the players on track while they deal with on/off court obstacles.[17]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/12/voctechtimeline/bvJAxOiTaxHghEmwHUwgkK/story.html
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Madison Park High". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=00350537&orgtypecode=6
  4. ↑ "Roland Hayes School of Music Band Program". Roland Hayes School of Music Band Program. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  5. ↑ TheABDCOnline (2010-05-28), Status Quo - Week 1, retrieved 2017-07-14
  6. ↑ TrickChop (2010-03-02), Legendary 7 - Audition (east coast regional) [S05E0AB], retrieved 2017-07-14
  7. ↑ "Jair has surgery on ankle". The Boston Globe via Highbeam. May 19, 1998. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ MasterChef On FOX (2014-08-19), Contestant Moments: Christian Green | Season 5 | MASTERCHEF, retrieved 2017-07-14
  9. ↑ theAzsportsman22 (2014-09-10), Masterchef Season 5 Episode 16 US 2014-Chef Ramsay offers Christian an investment as a parting gift, retrieved 2017-07-14
  10. ↑ BostonLatinoTV (2010-11-18), Richy Peña produces a Latin Grammy Winning Album, retrieved 2017-07-14
  11. ↑ The Voice (2016-10-03), The Voice 2016 Blind Audition - Courtney Harrell: "Let It Go", retrieved 2017-07-14
  12. ↑ CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT and SPORTS (2013-06-03), CES BOXING PRESENTS: "THE NEW ERA" PAUL GONSALVES vs MACEO CROWDER, retrieved 2017-07-14
  13. ↑ CageTitans (2016-07-29), Cage Titans XXIX: Jose Atiles vs Jurrell Laronal, retrieved 2017-07-14
  14. ↑ Luis Danniel Davila (2017-05-31), La Rome -- Choreography (PHUNK PHENOMENON), retrieved 2017-07-14
  15. ↑ Jason Kirin (2012-03-14), Boston 24/7 with Principal McAfee (With Captions), retrieved 2017-07-14
  16. ↑ "Boston 24/7". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  17. ↑ ""Push: Madison vs. Madison" to premiere on ESPN Classic - Boston High School Blog- ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
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